By Ajmal Khan Yousafzai
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan’s most celebrated climber, Muhammad Ali Sadpara along with two other renowned climbers from Iceland and Chile: John Snorri and Juan Pablo Mohr were reportedly missing after losing their contacts with the base camp late on last Friday (Feb, 05) during their summit to the world’s second highest mountain of Karakoram range, K2 (28,250ft) in winter expedition 2021.
Sadpara’s son, Sajid Ali who had accompanied the climbers was asked by his father to return to the base camp after his oxygen mask failed to function. After reaching the base camp safely, Sajid Ali waited just below the Bottleneck and said while talking to media persons, “I think if they search for the bodies it makes sense to continue the operation, but their chances of surviving, if you are at 8,000 (metres) in winter for two or three days, a person’s chances of surviving are next no none.”
Muhammad Ali Sadpara, one of the most renowned High Altitude Porters hailing from the remote village “Sadpara” near Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, is the only mountaineer of the country who had the privilege to climb and hoist Pakistan’s flag on the 8 out of 14 world’s highest mountain peaks.
