Search underway for 3 climbers on K2 mountain in Pakistan

Written by Zarar Khan
An aerial search was underway Sunday to seek out three skilled climbers who misplaced contact with base camp throughout their ascent of the world’s second highest mountain in northern Pakistan, officers stated.
Karrar Haideri, a high official with the Alpine Club of Pakistan, stated military helicopters resumed the search that started a day earlier for Pakistani mountaineer Ali Sadpara and his two companions, John Snorri of Iceland and Juan Pablo Mohr of Chile.

The three misplaced contact with base camp late Friday and had been reported lacking Saturday after their help workforce stopped receiving reviews from them throughout their ascent of the 8,611-meter (28,250-foot) excessive K2 mountain.
“The base camp received no signals from Sadpara and his foreign companions after 8,000 meters … . A search is on and let’s pray for their safe return home,” Haideri instructed The Associated Press.
On Saturday, choppers flew to a peak of seven,000 meters (23,000 ft) to attempt to find the lacking mountaineers with no success.
Pakistan’s overseas ministry issued an announcement saying Iceland’s overseas minister, Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson, spoke to his Pakistani counterpart, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, by phone. Qureshi assured him that Pakistan will spare no effort within the seek for the lacking mountaineers.
Sadpara and his workforce left their base camp on Feb. 3, a month after their first try to scale the mountain failed due to climate circumstances.?? Haideri stated Sadpara’s son, Sajid, had returned to the bottom camp safely after his oxygen regulator malfunctioned at 8,000 meters.
Haideri famous Sadpara’s expertise as a mountaineer who has climbed the world’s eight highest mountains, together with the best, Mount Everest, and was making an attempt to climb K2 in winter.
K2 is essentially the most distinguished peak on the Pakistani aspect of the Himalayan vary and the world’s second tallest after Mount Everest. Winter winds on K2 can blow at greater than 200 kph (125 mph) and temperatures drop to minus 60 levels Celsius (minus 76 Fahrenheit).

A workforce of 10 Nepalese climbers made historical past on Jan. 16 by scaling the K2 for the primary time in winter.