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February 10, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The search for missing Pakistani mountaineer Ali Sadpara and his team members Jon Snorri of Iceland and Juan Pablo Mohr of Chile could not be resumed on Tuesday due to harsh weather as the nation prayed for the safe return of climbers.
Sadpara and other team members went missing on February 5 during the expedition to K2.Home Secretary Gilgit Baltistan Muhammad Ali Randhawa said the search and rescue operation could not resume due to cloudy weather, snowfall and strong winds. He said a request for FLIR (forward-looking infrared cameras) with the latest avionics package had been sent to the Pakistan Air Force.
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Just yesterday, K2 (8611) was the last of the 14 8000-meter peaks on Earth that had yet to be climbed in winter. No more. At 5 p.m. January 16, a group of 10 Nepali/Sherpa climbers from separate expeditions ascended the last few meters to the summit together as one. Finally we did it. We made the history in [the] mountaineering field, Mingma Gyalje ( Mingma G ) Sherpa posted on Facebook hours ago.
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A post on Nirmal ( Nimsdai ) Purja Pun Magar s Facebook page reads:
THE IMPOSSIBLE IS MADE POSSIBLE! #K2winter History made for mankind, History made for Nepal! At 17:00 hrs local time @nimsdai and team summited K2, teaming up with Mingma G and team and a member from SST, Sona Sherpa. A very special moment. The whole team waited 10 meters below the summit to form a group then stepped onto the summit together whilst singing our Nepalese National Anthem.
Dozens to attempt first winter ascent of deadly K2
Around 55 climbers in rival expeditions are converging on Pakistan for a winter ascent of the notoriously deadly K2
K2, the world s second highest mountain in the Himalayas mountains range of Pakistan
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Dozens of climbers are assembling in Pakistan for a perilous attempt at what has been called one of mountaineering s last great prizes – a winter ascent of the world s second highest peak.
Around 55 climbers in rival teams are reported to be preparing to climb K2 and take on a mountain notorious for the numbers of climbers to have died on its slopes.