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.
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Islamabad, Jan 20 (efe-epa).- A team of porters on Wednesday tried to recover the body of American mountaineer Alex Goldfarb at Pastore Peak (6,209 meters or 20371 feet), where he was found dead on Monday.
This marked the second death this season in the mountains of Pakistan following the death of Sergi Mingote of Spain.
“Today high altitude porters went up to take his body back,” Alpine Club Of Pakistan’s spokesperson Karrar Haidri told EFE.
He added that they did not know yet if the operation was successful or not.
ISLAMABAD: A missing Russian-American climber died on a mountain while preparing to scale the world’s 12th-highest peak, having refused to turn back in dangerous winter conditions, a spokesman.
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