Search of Missing Climbers, Three-Member Expedition on K2

Zarwash Gulrez

Sajid Sadpara and two other climbers have climbed as high as 7,800 metres on K2 in search of the three missing mountaineers from the last winter expedition; Alpine Club of Pakistan said on Friday. One of the missing climbers was Sajid Sadpara’s father Mohammad Ali Sadpara. Earlier in February, Ali Sadpara had gone missing along with his two climbing partners Iceland’s John Snorri and Juan Pablo Mohr from Chile. The trio was attempting to climb K2; the world’s second-highest peak at 8,611 metres. Until 2021, K2 was the only peak above 8,000 metres that had never been summited in winter and was on the radar of many mountaineers. Ali Sadpara was the only Pakistani mountaineer to have summated eight of the 14 highest peaks in the world; above 8,000 metres and made the first-ever winter ascent on Nanga Parbat.

Sajid Sadpara and the Team have climbed up to 7,800 metres:

Secretary Alpine Club of Pakistan Karrar Haidri said that before the bad weather hit on Friday; Sajid Sadpara and two other team members Elia Saikaly and Pasang Kaji Sherpa had pushed as high as possible, in their quest to find out what happened to the three missing winter climbers. Mr Haidri said the search party, after reaching 7,800 metres on a windless day; used their drones up to 8,300 metres and scanned the route higher while looking for any signs of the missing mountaineers. “No traces thus far of the missing climbers;” Karrar Haidri said while quoting the search party. He said Elia Saikaly was also filming a documentary about; the last winter’s dramatic events on K2.

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