Dad of Brit climber missing on ‘killer mountain’ fears son has perished on same K2 peak as his explorer wife
By Debbie White, Nick Pisa and Jon RogersTHE dad of a Brit climber missing on a “killer mountain” fears his son has perished on the same K2 peak as his explorer wife.
A helicopter and rescue team have been searching for the missing climber on Pakistan's "killer mountain", but all that has been found so far is a snow-covered tent.yesterday that the search has brought back memories of his wife's death on K2 in 1995. In August 1995, just months after setting the record, she was killed as she returned from the top of K2, the world’s second highest mountain, at the age of 33.
Jim also said that finding Tom would be extremely difficult - "like finding a green beer mat on the pitch at Twickenham".When Tom was scaling the 26,000ft mountain, weather conditions deteriorated with snow, fog and strong winds reported.meant a helicopter was grounded on Thursday, but after diplomatic pressure permission was given for it to fly over the scene in a hunt for the climbers.
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