At least 11 mountaineers have died while climbing K2 mountain, the second largest mountain in the world. The accident was reportedly caused by a rock slide or an avalanche that severed all the ropes used for ascent and descent.

Tomiyasu Ishikawa climbed to the top of Vinson Massif becoming the oldest Japanese to scale the highest peaks on all seven continents, which have been dubbed the Seven Summits reports The Yomiuri Shimbun.

It is the first time in the history of the Noah's Ark search that an exploration team is getting a material evidence and graphic documentation. This makes it not only a the significant breakthrough in the Noah's Ark-search, but one that is supported with the most substantial evidence in recent history.

New Zealand mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary died of a heart attack at the Auckland City Hospital at 9 a.m. NZDT (UTC+13) today. He was 88.