Dead Climber's Tape Returned To Husband
A tape recorded by Julie Tullis, the first British woman to summit K2, has been discovered on a Himalayan glacier and returned to her husband in Kent.
Posted: 14 March 2005
by Jon
A tape made by British climber Julie Tullis in 1982 has been
returned to her husband after being discovered on a glacier, reports
the BBC.
Tullis was the first British woman to climb K2 in 1986 but died
during the descent when a group of climbers were stranded high on the
mountain by a fierce storm. Alan Rouse, one of the finest climbers of
his generation, died in the same incident. Tullis's climbing partner
Kurt Diemberger was one of two survivors who made it back down to
base camp.
The tape was made during an earlier expedition to the Himalaya and
lost. It was found, in perfect condition, preserved by the glacier
and has been returned to her husband, Terry Tullis, in Kent.
Full
story on the BBC news site.
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