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Dutch climbers down from K2 talk about ordeal

(5 Aug 2008) SHOTLIST 1. Dutch climbers Wilco van Rooijen (in wheelchair) and Cas van de Gevel (middle in grey/black t-shirt) talking in their hotel room 2. Bandaged feet of Van Rooijen 3. Norit K2 Expedition 2008 leaflet 4. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) Wilco van Rooijen, Norit K2 Expedition 2008 leader, on K2 expedition disaster: "We've just returned from climbing the K-2, the second highest mountain in the world. It's been a very bad season - more than 10 (climbers) have been killed, sadly one of them from our team. There are all kinds of explanations (for what went wrong), but in particular the bad weather and in the end bad luck led to some people not making it back down." 5. Close-up of hands of Van de Gevel UPSOUND (English) Cas van de Gevel (off-screen) on Korean and Italian climbers: "On the way down, two Koreans were hit by ice, with Marco (the Italian) still safe." 6. Van de Gevel talking 7. Various of two Dutch climbers STORYLINE Two Dutch climbers who survived the mountaineering disaster on K-2 - the world's second highest peak - spoke about their ordeal to AP Television News on Tuesday. Eleven died in Friday's avalanche that swept some away and left others stranded in frigid conditions just below the 28,250-foot (8,610-meter) summit: three South Koreans, two Nepalis, two Pakistanis and mountaineers from France, Ireland, Serbia and Norway. Wilco Van Rooijen, who was rescued on Monday and who earlier blamed mistakes in preparation for the disaster, told AP Television News that the weather and bad luck were also to blame. "There are all kinds of explanations (for what went wrong), but in particular the bad weather and in the end bad luck led to some people not making it back down," he said from his hotel room in Skardu. A huge serac, or column of ice, fell as climbers started descending after reaching the 28,250-foot peak summit late Friday. The ice swept away some climbers and ropes used in the descent, making it even more dangerous for those caught above in the frigid conditions. Fellow climber Cas van de Gevel described what happened. "On the way down, two Koreans were hit by ice, with Marco (Confortola, the Italian climber) was still safe," he said. On Tuesday the Italian made it to base camp with frostbitten feet to wait for the weather to clear for a helicopter ride out. K2, which straddles Pakistan and China in the Karakoram range, is regarded by mountaineers as far more challenging than Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. K2's knife-edged ridges and icy slopes are steeper and prone to both avalanches and sudden and severe storms. Fatal accidents are common on the massive and treacherous peaks that attract top mountaineers to Pakistan each summer, but this was the deadliest single incident in memory, surpassing seven climbers killed on K-2 after being caught in a fierce storm in 1995. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...