Two climbers dead after fall from peak in New Zealand's Mt Cook national park

The bodies of the experienced climbers were found at the base of a steep mountain face but falling rock and ice is making recovery difficult Two climbers have fallen to their deaths in New Zealand's Aoraki/Mount Cook national park. The bodies of the experienced pair, who were last heard from via a radio call on 28 December, were found on New Year's Day at the bottom of a steep face on the eastern slopes of the 3300m Mount Silberhorn.