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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani officials said three climbers missing on the K2 mountain had died, calling off an extraordinary rescue mission that had involved the military and international mountaineers since the group lost contact on Feb. 5.
Muhammad Ali Sadpara, 45, of Pakistan, John Snorri, 47, of Iceland, and Juan Pablo Mohr, 33, of Chile, were last seen just 300 metres short of the summit of K2, the world’s second-highest mountain. It is believed the group reached the summit but encountered a problem on the way down.
“So far we were searching and hoping to find them alive, but today we have officially declared them dead, so that will stop,” Raja Nasir Ali Khan, minister of Minister for Tourism for Gilgit-Baltistan, the northern region where the climbers went missing. The search for the bodies of the climbers will continue, Khan said.
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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.
Hopes faded Wednesday for three climbers lost on Pakistan's brutal K2 as bad weather halted search operations on the world's second highest mountain. "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.