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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Charlotte Graham-McLay

Bodies of US climber and guide found after distress call from New Zealand’s highest peak sparked desperate search

FILE - Aoraki, also known as Mount Cook, New Zealand's highest mountain, is shown at sunset, March 30, 2014, in Twizel, New Zealand - (AP Photo/Carey J. Williams, File)

A climber from the United States was among two people killed in a fall on Aoraki, New Zealand's tallest peak.

The men were part of a four-person group climbing near the summit of Aoraki, also known as Mount Cook, on Monday.

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