{"id":3942,"date":"2021-02-07T16:42:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T16:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=3942"},"modified":"2021-02-07T16:43:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T16:43:01","slug":"chances-of-missing-pakistani-mountaineer-ali-sadparas-survival-next-to-none-says-son-sajid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/07\/chances-of-missing-pakistani-mountaineer-ali-sadparas-survival-next-to-none-says-son-sajid\/","title":{"rendered":"Chances of missing Pakistani mountaineer Ali Sadpara’s survival ‘next to none’, says son Sajid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sajid Sadpara, the son of missing Pakistani mountaineer Muhammad Ali Sadpara, has said that the chances that his father is alive “are next to none”.<\/p>\n

In a conversation with reporters in Skardu, where he arrived earlier on Sunday, Sajid said: “Rescue operations now only make sense if they are carried out to bring back his body. Otherwise, for the chance for anyone to survive at 8,000 metres for two to three days are next to none.”<\/p>\n

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Sajid said that a team of four climbers began their climb at around 11pm-12am on February 5.<\/p>\n

“Unfortunately, I was without oxygen and at a height of about 8,200 metres in the winter, I felt like my health is getting affected as well as my mental well being.<\/p>\n

“My father said he is carrying another oxygen tank which I should use. But as I began fitting the oxygen mask regulator, it leaked. So I came down,” he narrated.<\/p>\n

Sajid said that the “last time he saw” his father was at the bottleneck at around 8,200-8,300 metres.<\/p>\n

“I believe he summitted the peak and was on his way back […] there was wind as well that night which must have created some problems,” he added.<\/p>\n

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Sajid arrives in Skardu<\/h2>\n
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The Deputy Commissioner of Shigar had earlier confirmed the safe arrival of Sajid Sadpara in Skardu.<\/p>\n

He said helicopters had searched the area with Sajid and Dawa Sherpa who was leading the K2 winter expedition, up to an elevation of 7,800 metres but “found no clues due to bad weather”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Mountaineers go missing<\/h2>\n

Sadpara and two other mountaineers with him \u2014 John Snorri from Iceland and Juan Pablo Mohr from Chile \u2014 had gone missing on Saturday after which a search operation to retrieve them was launched.<\/p>\n

Helicopters flew to a height of 7,000 metres on Saturday afternoon in their attempt to locate the missing mountaineers but were unable to find any clue to their whereabouts.<\/p>\n

It had been reported two days ago that Sadpara and his team had successfully summited the 8,611-metre K2 \u2014 the world’s second highest mountain \u2014 late Friday, a month after their first attempt failed. However, their support teams had since then cautioned that the climbers’ status is still unclear and there has been no communication from their end since Friday.<\/p>\n

Sadpara’s son safely reaches camp<\/h2>\n

On Saturday afternoon, Waqas Johar, Assistant Commissioner Shigar, Gilgit-Baltistan, said that there has been no success in finding the missing mountaineers so far and that weather conditions are “not good” at K2.<\/p>\n

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Update: #K2winter2021<\/a><\/p>\n

The team left for final summit attack at 12:00am. It can take up to14 hours to reach the top. Please pray for the safety of team and all the climbers.
\nManagement @john_snorri<\/a> @EliaSaikaly<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/fOyYKVV2V4<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Muhammad Ali Sadpara (@ali_sadpara) February 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n