Helicopter Pilot, Mountain Guide Win 2011 Heroism Award
Credit: Air Zermatt
Since 1970, more than 40 climbers have perished trying to scale 26,000-ft. Mount Annapurna, an enormous Himalayan massif in central Nepal and the 10th highest mountain in the world. Last spring, three Spaniards narrowly escaped joining those grim statistics, thanks to the heroics of a mountain guide...
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