Virtual base camp set up as Iceland Space Agency lends never-before used SAR technology
APP
February 11, 2021
SKARDU:
Despite a halt in the rescue operation owing to bad weather conditions, friends and families of Ali Sadpara and the other missing K2 climbers, vowed on Wednesday to carry on with the search of the savage mountain with the help of sophisticated satellite data.
Rescue efforts have been on since Pakistan s Ali Sadpara, 45, Iceland s John Snorri, 47, and Chile s Juan Pablo Mohr, 34, went missing on February 5 while attempting to ascent the K2.
“For the first time ever, this team is working with the Iceland Space Agency to review the SAR technology - that has never been used before for searching and rescuing - not the SAT technology, to cover every inch of the higher elevations of the mountain despite bad weather conditions,” read a statement issued from Skardu.
An aerial search operation for three missing climbers including Muhammad Ali Sadpara will resume on Wednesday with Pakistan Army deploying C-130 for the mission
An aerial search operation for three missing climbers including Muhammad Ali Sadpara will resume on Wednesday with Pakistan Army deploying C-130 for the mission
Upper mountain covered in clouds, another search flight to be made if weather permits
Renowned Pakistani mountaineer Muhammad Ali Sadpara. PHOTO: TWITTER/@ali sadpara
The search for renowned mountaineer Muhammad Ali Sadpara and his two fellow climbers entered the third day on Monday as harsh weather continued to hamper search and rescue efforts.
Ali, 45, John Snorri, 47, of Iceland, and Juan Pablo Mohr, 33, of Chile, were last seen Friday around noon at what is considered the most difficult part of the climb: the Bottleneck, a steep and narrow gully just 300 metres shy of the 8,611 metre (28,251 ft) high K2.
The spot is just above the ceiling of helicopters, which have been searching for three days now.
Many, including celebrities, took to social media and prayed for their safe return. Armeena Khan, Minal Khan, Mansha Pasha and others hoped the missing mountaineers would come home safe and sound.