The deaths of climbers Muhammad Ali Sadpara, John Asnori and John Pablo Mehr, who went missing while attempting to climb the K-2 peak in the winter, have been officially confirmed.
Gilgit-Baltistan Tourism Minister Raja Nasir Ali Khan confirmed the deaths of the missing climbers at a press conference with Sajid Sadpara and the families of other climbers.
Sajid Sadpara said that he would continue his father's mission and fulfill his dream.
It may be recalled that Muhammad Ali Sadpara of Pakistan, John Pablo Mehr of Chile and John Asnori of Iceland went missing on the night between February 4 and 5 during the winter K-2 summit mission.
The three climbers were last seen at K-2's most difficult location, Bottleneck, after which bad weather continued to hamper their search and rescue efforts.
Muhammad Ali Sadpara's son Sajid Sadpara also accompanied the three climbers to the place known as 'Bottle Neck' (the most dangerous place in K2) but returned to Camp 3 due to problems with the oxygen regulator.
The three climbers lost contact with the base camp on Friday night and were reported missing on Saturday when their team stopped receiving reports from them.
Subsequently, several air and ground attempts were made to track the climbers, which failed due to bad weather.
On February 14, the search mission revealed that after using SAR technology, reviewing credentials and time, and inspecting satellite images, the findings turned out to be a sleeping bag, torn tents or sleeping pads. None of them belonged to the missing climbers.
It should be noted that Muhammad Ali Sadpara, John Asnori of Iceland and John Pablo Moher of Chile were missing during the second K-2 campaign in the winter.
Earlier, on January 24, Muhammad Ali Sadpara, Sajid Ali Sadpara and Jan Asnoori had launched a K-2 heading campaign, but after reaching 6,831 meters on the afternoon of January 25, due to bad weather conditions. He left the campaign and headed back to base camp, announcing a K-2 campaign in February.
