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Two climbers have died while climbing New Zealand’s Aoraki Mt Cook mountain

One of the climbers reportedly slid over a ridge, pulling the second climber, who was attached by a rope

Aoraki Mt Cook is regarded as New Zealand’s deadliest mountain, with 62 people having vanished on its faces over the years

Two climbers have died and two others have been rescued on New Zealand’s Aoraki Mt Cook mountain.

On Tuesday, Nov. 25, the New Zealand Police confirmed in a release that they were working to recover two dead bodies after a group of four people had got into difficulty climbing the country’s highest peak, which reaches more than 12,000 feet.

“At around 11:20pm last night Police were made aware of four climbers needing assistance on the west side of the mountain,” officials

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