Search begins in Pakistan for two missing on world's ninth-highest mountain

(This June 28 story has been refiled to correct spelling of climbers last names.) ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani rescuers were searching on Wednesday for a Spanish man and an Argentinian who went missing on a notoriously treacherous Himalayan peak known as “Killer Mountain”, an official said. A ground team began searching for Alberto Zerain Berasategi from Spain and Mariano Galvan from Argentina but helicopters could not join the search effort due to poor weather, said Karrar Haidri, spokesman for the Alpine Club of Pakistan. “In such weather conditions and without adequate food supply, survival appears unlikely but there was the case of Tomaz Humar a few years ago,” Haidari said, adding that rescue officials are doing everything possible to find the men.