SKARDU: Pakistani mountaineer Murad Sadpara has tragically passed away, as confirmed by Ayaz Shigri, Vice President of the Alpine Club. Sadpara died on top of K2 while waiting for his rescue.
Sadpara sustained severe injuries during an expedition to Broad Peak, which stands at 8,047 meters in Skardu. He was waiting for rescuers at Camp 1 after being struck on the head by a falling stone.
The Pakistan Army deployed four expert mountaineers to the base camp to assist in the rescue operation. Mirza Sadpara had previously successfully summited Nanga Parbat for the second time.
Shigri mentioned that the rescuers would attempt to retrieve Murad Sadpara’s body and bring it back to the base camp.
Pakistani climber Naila Kiani had also appealed on social media for the Pakistan Army to dispatch a team from Skardu to the Broad Peak crampon point to bring back Ali Sadpara safely.
Sadpara had earlier summited Nanga Parbat for the second time.
Sajid Sadpara
Meanwhile, famous Pakistani Mountaineer Sajid Sadpara climbed the ninth-highest peak Nanga Parbat. He achieved this milestone without using supplementary oxygen.
Sajid Sadpara confirmed the news via his Twitter account. He had already scaled the six highest peaks without using artificial oxygen.
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Sajid Sadpara has successfully summited Nanga Parbet 8126m without Oxygen and as a part of lead rope fixing team
First summit of the season in Pakistan with @sst8848
Congratulations 🇵🇰 pic.twitter.com/80CEsJ0OOH— Sajid Ali Sadpara (@sajid_sadpara) June 26, 2023
He said that his ascend to the mount’s summit, at an altitude of 8,126 meters, was a part of the rope-fixing expedition with the leading team.
Meanwhile, he pointed out that it was his first summit of the mountaineering season in Pakistan.
History created
Earlier, Sajid Ali Sadpara created history by becoming the first mountaineer from his country to reach the summit of Mount Manaslu, the eighth-highest peak in the world.
The climber was stuck in the afternoon by a huge avalanche around C4, according to Sadpara’s team, who confirmed that he reached the summit of Manaslu before that.
Manaslu’s “real summit” gained notoriety when renowned Nepali climber MingmaG asserted that all previous summit attempts at the peak were not the true summit and that there was still a distance to travel before reaching the mountain’s peak.
Following Mingma’s confession, a number of climbers—among them Pakistani climbers Sirbaz Ali and Shehroze Kashif—aiming for various records—announced that they would attempt to summit Manaslu again.
The climbers who wanted to reach a real summit this season included Sajid Ali Sadpara, the late Ali Sadpara’s son.
Sajid’s successful ascent of Mt. Manaslu, 8,163 metres, without the use of extra oxygen was confirmed by his team on Monday afternoon.
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