There's a major drama unfolding on K2 at the moment. A massive serac collapse on summit day pulled away all the safety ropes at the crux part of the summit route (the Bottleneck) leaving a number of climbers stranded above it with one of them seriously injured. Rescue efforts underway. Ger McDonnell became the first Irishman to summit K2. His whereabouts are currently unknown... 3 Dutch climbers are also unaccounted for. All missing climbers are seasoned/experienced climbers. They are going into their 4th night in the death zone tonight. A Serbian climber who was behind the main summit group fell at the bottleneck on the way up and died.
Updates from the Norit (dutch/international team) website can be found here:
http://www.humanedgetech.com/expedition/norit/
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