Sydney (AFP) - An Australian couple survived for six hours buried under ice and snow following an avalanche in Tibet only for the husband to die after descending the mountain, reports said Thursday.
Wendy Higgins and her company director husband Dean, from Adelaide, were camping on the slopes of Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, with another two Australians when disaster struck on Tuesday.
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