As per unconfirmed reports, Pakistani mountaineer Ali Sadpara’s dead body has been found from K2 on Monday (today).
According to details, A body has been found over K2’s Camp 4, suspected to be either of Pakistani mountaineer Ali Sadpara, John Snorri or Juan Pablo Mohr, who had lost their lives in February of this year while attempting to summit K2.
Sources say that the four-man team comprising of Ali Sadpara’s son Sajid Sadpara, Fazal Ali, Aziz Baig and with Canadian filmmaker Elia Saikaly reached Camp 4 this morning and flew a drone around the area in search of the bodies.
Ali Sadpara Goes Missing, Family Officiates His Death
Muhammad Ali Sadpara, along with two colleagues – John Snorri Sigurjónsson from Iceland, and Juan Pablo Mohr Prieto from Chile – were declared dead on Feb 18, nearly two weeks after they went missing on the ‘Savage Mountain’.
The trio had lost contact with Base Camp on Feb 5 while attempting an unprecedented winter ascent without supplemental oxygen. K2, nicknamed the ‘Killer Mountain’, had never been scaled in winter until a Nepalese team accomplished the feat less than a month before the Sadpara expedition.
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Sajid Sadpara, who was accompanying the three, had to withdraw after his oxygen regulator malfunctioned and he returned to Base Camp.
Ali Sadpara’s family and GB government finally confirmed the legendary mountaineer’s death on February 18th after a 13-day wait as no one is expected to survive in such harsh environment.
Born in Skardu, Muhammad Ali Sadpara, commonly known as ‘Ali Sadpara’ was a Pakistani mountaineer who started his career as a high altitude porter assisting in mountain climbing expeditions.
He traversed the notorious traversed Baltoro Glacier in sub-standard and make-shift gear. However, his love for the mountains and the sport of mountaineering led him to become a successful and acclaimed mountaineer.
Sadpara and his team were the first one to successfully climb Nanga Parbat in summer back in 2016 – a peak successfully climber quadruple times by the Pakistani mountaineer.
Sadpara’s unmatched skill as a mountaineer is reflected by the fact that he has successfully climbed eight of the total 14 ‘Eight-thousanders’ i.e. 14 mountains that are more than 8,000 meters (26,247 feet) in height above sea level.
The development comes as his son Sajid Sadpara in June last month, announced to set out on an expedition to K2 to find the bodies of his father and his fellow climbers.
Sajid Sadpara’s expedition will also contribute to a documentary on the life of Jon Snorri and Ali Sadpara that is currently under development.
