ISLAMABAD: The Nepalese Sherpa rope-fixing team, earlier on Monday, found the dead bodies of 3 missing mountaineers including Ali Sadpara on the Abruzzi Spur route of Pakistan’s savage mountain K2.
The information minister of Gilgit-Baltistan Fatehullah Khan, quoting sources revealed that the three bodies of the missing mountaineers were found on K2. The dead body of Ali Sadpara was identified by his clothes, he added.
Alpine Club of Pakistan also released a statement, according to which the dead bodies of 3 lost mountaineers have been found below the Bottleneck on the second-highest mountain on Earth.
The bodies of 3 lost mountaineers have been found below the Bottleneck on K2. The bodies have been recognized by a rope fixing team as Muhammad Ali Sadpara, JP Mohr and John Snorri, all three of whom went missing during #AliSadpara #JohnSnorri #JPMohr #K2Winter
— Alpine Adventure Guides (@Alpine_Pakistan) July 26, 2021
Reports quoting sources cited that a helicopter of the Pakistan Army will bring the bodies of the deceased who went missing in the first week of February during the K2 2021 winter ascent.
Furthermore, a tweet of Alpine Club of Pakistan stated that ‘The dead body of late legendary climber national hero Muhammad Ali Sadpra was found below 300 meters from Bottleneck, while the bodies of Iceland’s John Snorri and Chile’s Juan Pablo Mohr were found at Camp 4.
Alpine Club of Pakistan Secretary while speaking with a leading daily told that ‘the shifting of bodies is a complex and challenging task in wake of the high altitude, while the government officials are helping through Pakistan Army aviation in this connection’. The official further added that the bodies of foreign climbers will be shifted to their homelands.
Bodies have found and the difficult task is to bring them back government of Pakistan is helping through army aviation. Hopefully tomorrow army heli will fly to bring the bodies down through sling operation. John Snorii body will be move to Iceland requested by Lina Pablo family.
— Alpine Adventure Guides (@Alpine_Pakistan) July 26, 2021
On Saturday, Sadpara’s son shared a tweet that stated that he was hopeful of finding a trace and answers. “We have started our climb again. Will resume search, both physical and by drones; above 8000m and beyond bottleneck. I am hopeful of finding a trace and answers #MissionSadpara #K2Search,” the tweet reads.
We have started our climb again. Will resume search, both physical and by drones; above 8000m and beyond bottleneck. I am hopeful of finding a trace and answers #MissionSadpara #K2Search 🇵🇰 pic.twitter.com/6csMdTfb9O
— Sajid Ali Sadpara (@sajid_sadpara) July 24, 2021
Earlier in February, legendary climber Muhammad Ali Sadpara, along with two other climbers John Snorri, and Juan Pablo Mohr Prieto were declared dead after two weeks of tiresome operations on the second-highest peak amid harsh weather conditions.
Pakistan Army choppers, satellite imagery, and SAR technology, along with jets were used in the high-tech yet cumbersome missions.
All three members of the K2 Winter Expedition had lost contact on February 5 while Ali Sadpara’s son, Sajid Sadpara, who also accompanied them in the deadly ascent withdraw after his oxygen regulator malfunctioned and he returned to Base Camp.
In June, Sajid also announced to summit the Killer mountain once again to make a documentary on his late father and also to locate his corpse.
Earlier, the incumbent government of GB announced Rs3 million for the family of late mountaineers besides establishing an Institute of Adventure Sports Mountaineering and Rock Climbing in recognition of the services of legendary climber. The authorities also mulled to nominate him for the highest national civil award.
Sadpara – the Pakistani hero who never came back from K2
Mohammad Ali Sadpara hailed from Sadpara village in the Baltistan region. The boy of a poor family finished middle school in his native village and later moved to Skardu town. He moved to climb in 2003 and got quick triumph with tour operators as the expeditions he led were mostly successful.
In the year 2016, he earned worldwide fame after becoming the first person to scale Nanga Parbat in winter. Ali is the only Pakistani mountaineer to have climbed eight of the total fourteen 8,000 meter peaks around the world including Gasherbrum II, Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum I, Broad Peak, K2, Lhotse, Manaslu, and Makalu.
