An Italian climber has been rescued
in the Himalayas after his climbing partner got him back down to
base camp after he fell 500 metres and injured himself.
Climbing partner Carlalberto Cimenti aka 'Cala' rescued
Francesco Cassardo on a makeshift sled on the Gasherbrum VII
mountain in Pakistan.
"It's over. We did it," said Cimenti after Cassardo was taken
from base camp to a hospital at Skardu in Gilgit Baltista.
Cassardo's condition is not as bad as feared, the Italian
foreign ministry said.
Cassardo is conscious and some fractures have been found, it
said.
More medical exams are being carried out to get a full
clinical picture, it said.
It said he had been 'coptered off the mountain to the
Combined Military Hospital in Skardu.
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