Deaths on Broad Peak and Gasherbrum II. The leaders of two expeditions died in the unusually bad weather in the Karakoram this year. Both expeditions were then called off. Austrian-born Canadian Hans G. Frick died in an avalanche on Broad Peak on May 16. On July 10 West German Dr. Gerd Brunner and Austrian Dr. Norbert Wolf were last seen from far below as they were climbing at 25,200 feet on Gasherbrum II. Dr. Wolf was later found at 25,600 feet by Reinhold Messner and his companions frozen to death in his bivouac sack. The expedition leader, Dr. Brunner, was not found although some of his clothing and equipment was further down the slope. He is presumed to have fallen.