Summary Stranded on Nanga Parbat, Revol was rescued by Polish climbers with support from Pakistani Army
ISLAMABAD (AP) – A Pakistani doctor said that French climber rescued from Nanga Parbat is recovering and willd be discharged from the hospital in Islamabad soon.
Elisabeth Revol was rescued by a volunteers team from a separate Polish expedition yesterday from Nanga Parbat, also known as "killer mountain."
She was airlifted to Islamabad and was being treated at the Shifa International Hospital. The hospital doctor spoke on condition of anonymity under hospital regulations.
Earlier, the search for Revol s fellow climber, Polish national Tomasz Mackiewicz, was called off. He has been declared deceased.
Revol spoke briefly to local channel that she has had "some problem with fingers ... now it s ok."
Revol and Mackiewicz were attempting to summit Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest peak in the world at 8,126 meters, or 26,660 feet.
The four rescuers were flown by the Pakistani military from the base camp of K2 -- the world s second-highest peak -- to reach the stranded climbers.
They were part of a Polish expedition seeking to become the first mountaineers to summit K2 s peak during the winter, when good climbing days are rare.
"The K2 climbers who stopped their historic effort for a winter K2 summit will descend with Elisabeth Revol -- one life saved," said Karar Haideri, spokesman for the Alpine Club of Pakistan, in a statement on Sunday.
