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K2, 8,611 meters above sea level, is a mountain that is described as one of the most dangerous in the world, and it was not climbed in winter until a group of Nepalese climbers reached the top in early January this year. .
Many have tried to get to the top and many have failed. In 2019, the BBC wrote that K2 had a death rate of almost 24 percent for those who tried to reach the top (82 deaths against 355 successful expeditions). By comparison, the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, had a death rate of just under four percent.
Now three more people are feared to have died in the climb after they haven’t made any noise since Friday. On Saturday all three, Ali Sadpara of Pakistan, John Snorri of Iceland and Juan Pablo Mohr of Chile, were reported missing.
As weather conditions worsen, hope of finding them alive fades. The trio’s families also realize this in a statement played on Sky News on Tuesday.
– We know it will take another miracle to find them alive now. And we are waiting for that miracle, Ali Sadpara’s son Sajid tells the channel.
HAD TO RETURN: Sajid Sadpara, son of Ali Sadpara, disappeared. Photo: AP Photo / MH Balti
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He started climbing with his father, but had to turn around due to equipment problems. Since then, he has come down the mountain and helped in the search for the missing.
Time has now caused a longer stop in the search. In winter, wind gusts can reach a force of 125 kilometers per hour, and the degrees drop to minus 60 degrees.
In one of the deadliest expeditions of all time, 11 climbers died in one day in 2008, including the Norwegian Rolf Bae. Earlier this year, Spanish mountaineer Sergi Mingote died in an attempt to reach the top.
American climber George Bell described K2 as “a brutal mountain trying to kill you.”
