INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Avalanche kills Austrian mountaineer in PakistanIslamabad: An Austrian mountaineer was killed and two others
injured after their tent was hit by an avalanche in northern Pakistan, officials said on Saturday.The avalanche struck the men 5,900 metres
official Wajid Karim told AFP.He named the injured mountaineers as British national Bruce Normand and Timothy Miller, whose nationality was
helicopter could not carry out a rescue operation due to bad weather on the 7,388 metres high Ultar Sar, but a ground team were making their
way up to the scene.A local administration official who asked not to be named confirmed the incident and casualties.Northern Pakistan is a
highest peak, but often deemed a more challenging climb than the highest, Mount Everest.Nestled between the western end of the Himalayas,
Hundreds of its mountains have never been climbed.
