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![Vitaly Lazo, left, a Russian mountaineer and rescuer, in this photo taken with Kim Hong-bin, in what Lazo recalls was 10 minutes before Kim's possibly fatal fall. The photo was posted on Risk.ru in an account cited to have been written by Lazo. [VITALY LAZO]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10649872.jpg?imageId=10649872&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Mountaineer Kim Hong-bin is seen at base camp before climbing Broad Peak on July 19. Kim went missing during his descent from the apex. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11686960.jpg?imageId=11686960&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)