Foreign climbers end K2 expedition campaign due to harsh weather
Pakistan
Wed, Feb 10, 2021
This handout photo taken on January 16, 2021 and released by Seven Summit Treks, shows a general view of the base camp of Mt K2, which is the second highest mountain in the world, in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan. A team of Nepali climbers made history on January 16 after becoming the first to summit Pakistan´s Mt K2 in winter.-AFP
ISLAMABAD: All the foreign climbers have ended their K2 campaign after three climbers lost their lives and three more went missing due to extremely bad weather conditions in the area, Geo News reported citing sources.
C-130 aircraft to be used for search of Ali Sadpara, other missing mountaineers
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The land operation to locate the mountaineers has been suspended due to harsh weather conditions
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News/AFP) – The concerned authorities have decided to use Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) C-130 aircraft at the height of over 8,000 meters on the world’s second-highest mountain K2 for the search of missing mountaineers Muhammad Ali Sadpara, Jon Snorri and Juan Pablo Mohr.
According to details, the land operation to find the mountaineers has been suspended due to harsh weather conditions.
It is to be mentioned here that climbers John Snorri from Iceland, Juan Pablo Mohr from Chile and Muhammad Ali Sadpara from Pakistan had lost contact with base camp on February 5.
As of 3:30 am, Monday, February 8, 2021,(Pakistan Standard Time), John Snorri, Muhammad Ali Sadpara, and Juan Pablo (JP) Mohr Prieto remain missing, with no trace of them found after multiple helicopter searches.
We are learning more about what happened at the Bottleneck directly from Ali’s son, Sajid. Of note, he said he and his father were climbing without supplemental oxygen but had a bottle in their pack for emergencies. Also, when he left the three missing climbers, they had no radio or satellite phone. He believes they summited and had an accident on the descent in the Bottleneck, but he cannot be sure.