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Volunteers were able to rescue a French mountaineer from a Himalayan peak but called off efforts to retrieve a Polish climber, who was declared deceased, a Pakistani official said Sunday.
Karrar Haidri, a top official in the Pakistan Alpine Federation, says the four volunteer rescuers from a separate Polish expedition were not able to reach Tomasz Mackiewicz of Poland, who was suffering from snow blindness and altitude sickness, because of poor weather.
Elisabeth Revol, who has frostbite on her feet and cannot walk, was brought on Sunday from Sakrdu to Islamabad where she was admitted to Shifa International Hospital, said Haidri. A physician at the hospital said she was in stable condition and her wounds were not life threatening. He spoke on condition of anonymity as per the hospital's policy
The two were attempting to summit Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest peak in the world at 8,126 meters (26,660 feet).
"The rescue of Tomasz is unfortunately not possible - because of the weather and altitude it would put the life of the rescuers in extreme danger," wrote Ludovic Giambiasi, a friend who is posting regular updates on Facebook, "It's a terrible and painful decision. We are in deep sadness. All our thoughts go out to Tomek's family and friends. We are crying."
The French consul in Islamabad is following the rescue operation closely and is in touch with Revol's family, who are currently in France, a French official said on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to be named publicly.
Revol's friends raised some 60,000 euros to help with the rescue operation through crowdfunding online, according to French media reports.
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