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VIDEO: Amazing Footage from the Drone Used to Rescue Climber Rick Allen who Was Presumed Dead

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CragBrains | July 23, 2018
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Drone Used at 27,560-Feet to Help Rescue Climber Presumed Dead on Broad Peak Near K2

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Accomplished climber Rick Allen was reported missing, presumed dead, after summiting Broad Peak, the world’s 12th highest mountain, until a Japanese cook spotted a rucksack moving. A drone was then used at 27,560-feet (a world record?) to help locate and return him to base camp, mostly unhurt. Yesterday just as @fredrikstrang and I were about to leave after a night at camp […]

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CragBrains | July 16, 2018
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