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  Pakistan awaits news of national climbing hero missing on K2

  

  theguardian.com

  Three-day rescue effort has so far failed to locate Ali Sadpara and two fellow mountaineersMuhammad Ali Sadpara, Pakistan’s most successful mountaineer and a national hero in his country, was acutely aware of the risks of climbing the world’s highest mountains in winter.A member of the first team to climb the 8,126-metre Nanga Parbat in winter in 2016, Sadpara was back three years later to help rescue the missing British mountaineer Tom Ballard who had died on Nanga Parbat. Continue reading...

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  K2's Winter Harshness Blamed as 3 Climbers Are Missing

  

  nytimes.com

  Reaching the peak in the harshest of seasons is considered one of the greatest challenges in...

  Reaching the peak in the harshest of seasons is considered one of the greatest challenges in mountaineering.

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  Helicopters search for three climbers missing in K2 winter attempt

  

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  Ali Sadpara of Pakistan, John Snorri of Iceland, and Juan Pablo Mohr of Chile lost contact...

  Ali Sadpara of Pakistan, John Snorri of Iceland, and Juan Pablo Mohr of Chile lost contact with base campAn aerial search to find three experienced climbers who lost contact with base camp during a winter ascent of K2, the world’s second highest mountain, will resume on Monday morning officials have said.celebrated Pakistani mountaineer Ali Sadpara and his two companions, John Snorri of Iceland and...

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  Nepalese team makes first successful winter ascent of K2

  

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