In the mountains — forever : vimarsana.com

In the mountains forever
Sadpara was a celebrated climber and the only Pakistani who had scaled eight of 14 peaks measuring 8,000m and above
The writer holds PhD in International Relations from Quaid-e-Azam University and focuses on regional and global developments
The calling off of the search operation for the missing mountaineers at K2 came as an official declaration that the trio braving to attempt the nightmarish winter ascent to the world’s second highest mountain is no more. The Karakoram tragedy was predictable to a certain degree, when it was revealed that the three great mountaineers Muhammad Ali Sadpara from Pakistan, John Snorri from Iceland, and Juan Pablo Mohr Prieto from Chile lost contact with the base camp on February 5, 2021. The loss of communication with members of the expedition was followed by a perilous and long search operation. And now as the search operation has finally been called off after days of relentless efforts led by Pakistan Army rescuers, one has been led to believe that the great Sadpara and his colleagues have now become part of nearly 86 valiant K2 climbers who embraced death on the snow-clad mountain they loved so passionately.