Famed Slovenian Climber Pavle Kozjek Missing And Presumed Dead On Muztagh Tower, Search and Rescue Ongoing For Partner Dejan Miskovic

Reports are surfacing that famed Slovenian climber Pavle Kozjek has fallen from Muztagh Tower.  His climbing partners, Dejan Miskovic and Gregor Kresal, are in trouble, as well.  Gregor Kresal was evacuated from Muztagh Tower yesterday, while ongoing search and rescue efforts are taking place for Dejan Miskovic, who is stranded at higher altitude.

Pavle Kozjek is famous for releasing the stirring photographs of what has now become known as “The Nangpa La Incident,” where chinese soldiers gunned down a group of Tibetan refugees in 2006.  These photographs sparked outrage and concern the world over for the violence of the incident, when few others would speak up.  Pavle released the famed photographs to ExplorersWeb 3 hours after the incident took place, even while Chinese soldiers were still hunkered down in the climbing camps of Cho Oyu.

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