Hopes faded Wednesday for three climbers lost on Pakistan's K2 as bad weather halted search operations on the world's second highest mountain. Climbers John Snorri from Iceland, Juan Pablo Mohr from Chile and Muhammad Ali Sadpara of Pakistan lost contact with base camp on Friday, sparking a massive rescue effort that included military helicopters. Two climbers have already died on K2's treacherous slopes since January, and a third mountaineer was lost during an acclimatising mission on a nearby peak. “No search operation has been carried out since yesterday afternoon,” Raja Nasir Ali Khan, the tourism minister in Gilgit-Baltistan where K2 is located, told AFP Wednesday. “The effort wi...