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Gasherbrum IV update: Ferran Latorre injured on descent, safe in BC

Posted: Aug 03, 2008 07:03 am EDT

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(K2Climb.net) After their August 1 summit of Gasherbrum IV via the NW Ridge (the third conquest of this 1986`s route), Alberto Iñurrategi, Jose Carlos Tamayo, Ferran Latorre, Juan Vallejo and Miguel Zabaleza ran into a very tough and complicated descent. Ferran Latorre was hit in the leg by a falling rock and suffered a wound. The team managed to bring him down and reached BC August 2nd. "Latorre is currently resting while the others are arranging a helicopter," reports ExWeb contributor Rodrigo Granzotto Peron....

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