May 242008
Spanish climber I±aki Ochoa de Olza has tragically been killed on Annapurna. Climbers on various routes united in a courageous rescue attempt after Olza fell drastically ill at Camp 4.
Olza, who had previously climbed 12 of the world's 8,000 meter peaks including a new route on Shisha Pangma turned back from the summit after he ran out of rope. He was also suffering from bad frost-bite in his hands. Things worsened with pulmonary complications and various climbers set off against awful conditions to rescue him.
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