news bulletin – answers

K2 survivors tell their ordeal

questions

1. What nationality is Marco? Italian
2. What is he only too aware of? how close he came to death
3. Where were 11 other climbers killed? on the mountain summit
4. What struck them? a huge ice ball
5. How was he awoken? by a loud bang
6. What happened next? an avalanche kicked off
7. Why are the climbers’ feet bandaged? because of frost-bite
8. Why was the expedition wonderful? because they succeeded in reaching the summit
9. How many times had they tried to reach the summit? 3
10. When did they discover that team members were missing? after one day’s descent