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February 10, 2021
SKARDU: The families of three missing climbers from Iceland, Chile and Pakistan have made the difficult decision to proceed with their rescue mission after 72 gruelling hours of non-stop intensive search-and-rescue efforts came to a halt due to bad weather, hoping that they can be resumed in the shortest possible timeframe, said a press release.
Jon Snorri, Ali Sadpara and Juan Pablo Mohr had joined forces to make a summit bid on K2 – the last eight-thousand-meter peak unclimbed in winter until a team of 10 Nepali summited earlier this year. Rao Ahmad, Ali Sadpara’s long-time friend and Sajid Sadpara along with British-American climber, Vanessa O’Brien, who also serves as Pakistan’s Goodwill Ambassador and summited K2 with Jon Snorri, have formed a virtual base camp to ensure a thorough search-and-rescue effort.
Boston doctor who treated COVID patients in N.Y. dies climbing mountain in Pakistan
By Travis Andersen Globe Staff,Updated January 20, 2021, 3:30 p.m.
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Dr. Alex Goldfarb, center, pictured with sons Levi, left, and Ben, right.Handout
A prominent Boston doctor who was killed Jan. 16 in a mountain climbing accident in Pakistan had gone to New York to treat COVID-19 patients at the height of the pandemic and led a life that was âbeyond inspirational,â his son said Wednesday.
Alex Goldfarb, who was affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, went missing on Broad Peak in Pakistan, the 12th highest summit in the world. His body was found two days later close to the summit, according to the tour company that led a climbing expedition Dr. Goldfarb had joined.