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Last few days have been challenging and lucky for us all, high up in the mountains. With whole nation waiting and looking to hear about search and recovery of their hero #AliSadpara. We are lucky enough to find the bodies of my companions from #K2Winter2021 and trying to 1/n
secure and preserve it at a safe location for further possibilities. Being at a very technical and dangerous slope, retrieving it in first place is challenging. In order to honour my father #AliSadpara and lost companions,I have once again set my foot on the summit of K2 this 2/n
morning at 8:10am. I am securing bodies of fallen climbers to a safe place and instant retrieval from above bottleneck is not possible without endangering many lives. Possibilities of retrieving bodies without further damages and without risking lives would be done at later 3/n
Skilled and brave pilots of Pak Army #FearlessFive are carrying out search and rescue mission on #K2WinterExpedition for #alisadpara and his team. They are pushing the limits of machine and flying above 7000m, way higher than < 5000m altitude in the manual. via @Hunzukutz_Kahn
#K2winter2021 Search and rescue footage from K2 mission yesterday. Footage via @Hunzukutz_Kahn
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For those who are unaware. Pakistani Climber Ali Sadpara has set on a mission to climb K2 in winter, after the Nepalis who summited it for the first time in winters. After he failed to summit the notorious mountain last week...
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For those who are unaware. Pakistani Climber Ali Sadpara has set on a mission to climb K2 in winter, after the Nepalis who summited it for the first time in winters. After he failed to summit the notorious mountain last week...
This pushed him, his son and two other colleagues, John Snorri, a climber from Iceland and another climber from Chile, back to Basecamp, where they took shelter for a week before taking to the mountain again, 3 days ago. They had set out with clear weather and good hopes...
And Good Hopes to finish what was set out to do. Upon making it to Camp 3, they were ready for the final push, when the 20 year old son, Sajid had a malfunction in the oxygen regulator. This set him back to Camp 2, and Futher down while Ali and co, did the impossible..
