TWO U.S. CLIMBERS DIED IN HIMALAYAS, SURVIVOR REPORTS.Byline: Binaya Guruacharya Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Two American climbers missing after an avalanche hit a Himalayan peak died of suffocation suffocation: see asphyxia. after being buried under feet of snow, the leader of the expedition said Monday. Debbie Marshall, 31, of Glenwood Springs, Colo., and Rich Davidson, 46, of Los Alamos Los Alamos (lôs ăl`əmōs', lŏs), uninc. town (1990 pop. 11,455), seat of Los Alamos co., N central N.Mex. It is on a long mesa extending from the Jemez Mts. The U.S. , N.M., were killed Friday while climbing Mount Annapurna IV in northwest Nepal, said Cleve Armstrong, the leader of the expedition. Armstrong, 54, survived a harrowing night of heavy snow to be rescued Sunday by a Nepalese army helicopter and taken to Katmandu for treatment. He was badly dehydrated de·hy·drate v. de·hy·drat·ed, de·hy·drat·ing, de·hy·drates v.tr. 1. To remove water from; make anhydrous. 2. To preserve by removing water from (vegetables, for example). and had internal bleeding. He said the avalanche struck between 4:30 and 9 a.m. as the team rested after working on the most technically difficult portion of the climb, between camps at 14,500 feet and 21,000 feet. |
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