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The Pakistani Army rescued Russian mountaineer Alexander Gukov, who was stranded on the Karakoram Mountain Range's Latok Peak, and flown to a military hospital in Skardu. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Gukov had been trapped at a height of 20,650 feet (6,300 metres) for six days and was saved after an intense helicopter mission, which began on July 26.
After 17 days trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan road tunnel they were building, Indian workers board helicopter to be airlifted to hospital in Rishikesh, a city in northern state of Uttarakhand. IMAGES
Images show record-holding Indian climber Baljeet Kaur, 28, as she arrives in Kathmandu after being rescued from Mount Annapurna, Nepal. Rescuers and helicopters were deployed on Tuesday in efforts to rescue Kaur and two other Indian climbers, as Northern Irish climber Noel Hanna was found dead while descending the treacherous mountain range. Annapurna, the world's tenth highest mountain, is avalanche-prone, technically difficult and has a higher death rate than Everest. IMAGES
The body of Swiss climber Ueli Steck, one of the most feted mountaineers of his generation and famed for his speed ascents of iconic Alpine routes, is brought to a hospital in Kathmandu after he died on Mount Everest. IMAGES
As Indian rescuers safely brought out all 41 workers from a collapsed Himalayan road tunnel after a marathon 17-day engineering operation to free them, ambulances can be seen leaving the tunnel entrance. IMAGES
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