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Bodies of Muhammad Ali Sadpara, Snorri and Mohr found on K2

LocalBodies of Muhammad Ali Sadpara, Snorri and Mohr found on K2
Bodies of Muhammad Ali Sadpara, Snorri and Mohr found on K2. Pic/Graphics Twitter
Bodies of Muhammad Ali Sadpara, Snorri and Mohr found on K2. Pic/Graphics Twitter


Srinagar , July 27: It came as a major news for the mountaineering community around the world on Monday as the
bodies of climbers Muhammad Ali Sadpara, Iceland’s John Snorri and Chile’s Juan Pablo Mohr were found on K2 on Monday, five months after they went missing.

It was announced on Monday that Rope Fixing team comprising of Nepali Sherpas have found the bodies of Sadpara, Snorri and Mohr near bottleneck .

Alpine Club of Pakistan Secretary Karrar Haideri in a statement also confirmed the developement.

He said that it was “very difficult” to bring the bodies down from the mountain because of the high altitude, adding that the Army Aviation was helping in this regard.

Haideri said Snorri’s body would be shifted to Iceland at the request of his wife, Lina. Mohr’s sister and mother had also decided previously that his body would be brought back to Chile, the ACP secretary said.

Dawn.com, quoting Mushtaq Mett, the base camp manager of Mashabrum Expeditions, Treks and Tours Pakistan and the Madison Mountaineering K2 Expedition 2021, said that around 11am today, the METT Nepalese Sherpa rope-fixing team found the first body 400 metres above Camp 4 which was Mohr’s.

“The team found the second body when they were 300m away from the Bottleneck. They were able to identify it as Sadpara’s. Another 100m away, they found Snorri’s body.”

He further said that Ali Sadpara’s son, Sajid Sadpara, is currently at Camp 4 and will be guided by the rope-fixing team to his father’s body tomorrow morning.

Sajid had earlier launched an expedition to retrieve the bodies of the three climbers. He was accompanied by Canadian filmmaker Elia Saikaly and Pasang Kaji Sherpa.

Ali Sadpara had gone missing along with his two climbing partners — Snorri and Mohr — while attempting to climb K2, the world’s second-highest peak at 8,611 metres.

They were last seen on Feb 5 near the bottleneck on K2 as they attempted to reach the summit of the Savage Mountain. Sajid Sadpara, who was accompanying the three, had to abandon his summit bid after his oxygen regulator malfunctioned and he returned to camp 3.

After days of search efforts that included the use of Pakistan Army helicopters, satellite imagery and SAR technology, the three climbers were officially declared dead on February 18.

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. Before Sadpara and his team got missing , K2 was scaled first time in winter by group of Nepali Sherpas .

Ali Sadpara was the only Pakistani mountaineer to have summited eight of the 14 highest peaks in the world above 8,000 metres and made the first-ever winter ascent on Nanga Parbat.

Apart from Sadpara, Snorri and Mohr, mountaineers Atanas Skatov and Sergi Mingote Moreno were also attempting the K2 winter summit this year and lost their lives on the mountain.

with inputs from Dawn.com

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