wrote in news:1153423748.965872.310530
@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

As I understand it, helicopters are unable to rescue people off Mount
Everest, K2 or other mountains. It seems that the Pakistani army has
special helicopters that can go up over 6,000 metres.

A helicopter has recently landed on top of Everest, but I doubt it
had any payload beyond the pilot. I didn't think helicopters could
go that high myself.

http://www.greatoutdoors.com/publish...licopteronever
estmakeshistory/

--Damon