Helicopters have reportedly begun airlifting climbers stranded on the world's second-highest mountain, K2, in north Pakistan.
News agency reports said rescuers had reached two Dutch members of the group, 11 of whom are feared dead. A witness reported that 25 climbers reached the summit on Friday, but nine froze to death after an avalanche swept away their fixed ropes. Another climber fell to his death and a porter died recovering a body. Many regard the 8,611metre peak as the world's most difficult to climb.
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