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Tue 08 Aug 2008McDonnell among 11 fatalities on K2
PAKISTAN'S TOURISM ministry has confirmed that Co Limerick mountaineer Gerard McDonnell (37) is among 11 climbers believed to have died on K2, the world's second highest mountain.
McDonnell's brother, JJ, his partner Annie Starky and one other family member are expected to fly out to Pakistan this week to meet surviving members of his expedition, including Dutch leader Wilco van Rooijen, who was airlifted to hospital yesterday.
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