Nek Amal Utmani

The Santiago Times Correspondent

ISLAMABAD – A search operation has been launched to find Chile’s JP Mohars, Iceland John Soori, and Pakistan’s Muhammad Ali Sadpara. They went missing during their attempt to conquer the world’s second-highest mountain, Karakoram 2 (K2), in the winter.

Team leader Muhammad Ali Sadpara has been cut off from other JP Mohars and John Sonori of his team and the camp since Friday. Pakistan Army helicopters flew at an altitude of 7000 meters in search of them, but no success has been found in the search operation for Ali Sadpara and the team.

The three had crossed the 8,000-meter milestone by Friday evening, after which it was hoped that they would soon reach their destination.

Since Friday, they have lost contact with the base camp, team, and family, and they began searching for them. Army helicopters flew at an altitude of 7,000 meters during the rescue mission, but no trace of the three mountains has been found so far.

Sajid Sadpara, son of Ali Sadpara, was also involved in the K2 conquering campaign, but he had come down to Camp III due to low oxygen regulator.

According to Alpine Club of Pakistan Secretary Karar Haideri, two Army Aviation helicopters launched the rescue operation, which involved eight climbers from the Muhammad Ali Sadpara area and two other Nepali climbers.

The total height of K2 is 8611 meters, which is only 200 meters less than the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest. It is one of the most dangerous mountains in the world. According to a conservative estimate, one out of every four climbers die on the way back, and 87 climbers have been died trying to climb K2 so far.