A Bulgarian mountaineer fell to his death during an expedition on Pakistan s K2, his team said Friday, the second person to die on the world s second-highest mountain in weeks. Seven Summit Treks a trekking company leading the expedition said Atanas Skatov, 42, fell as he was changing ropes during his descent to basecamp.
Three climbers have gone missing attempting to summit the world s second-highest mountain, K2, their expedition manager and the Alpine Club of Pakistan said Saturday. Climbers Muhammad Ali Sadpara from Pakistan, John Snorri from Iceland and Juan Pablo Mohr from Chile reportedly lost contact with base camp on Friday. “It s already been more than 30 hours, we (at basecamp) have received no news of John Snorri, Ali Sadpara, and Juan Pablo Mohr, since none of the GPS trackers seem to be working
Rescue helicopter asked to fly as high as possible to maximise chances of locating missing climbers
Renowned Pakistani mountaineer Muhammad Ali Sadpara. PHOTO: TWITTER/@ali sadpara
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Renowned Pakistani mountaineer Muhammad Ali Sadpara along with climbers from Iceland and Chile is reported to be missing during his winter climb on K2 and contact with the 3-member expedition has not been established since yesterday.
Shigar district Assistant Commissioner Waqas Johar told
The Express Tribune on Saturday that a rescue operation has now been launched to locate the missing climbers and high altitude porters are on the way to Camp-1 in this connection. “They will spend the night there and will start their search operation by tomorrow morning,” he added.
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