ISLAMABAD – Mountaineers have found two bodies below the Bottleneck on K2,one of which is identified as Muhammad Ali Sadpara who went missing duringthe K2 Winter 2021 Summit attempt earlier this year.
Besides Ali Sadpara, Iceland’s John Snorri and Chile’s Juan Pablo Mohr hadlost their lives while ascending the world’s second-highest peak innorthern Pakistan.
Gilgit Baltistan’s minister Fatehullah Khan has confirmed that the bodiesof Ali Sadpara, Snorri and Mohr have been found at K2.
Taking to Twitter, Alpine Adventure Guides also confirmed it, saying thedeath body of late hero was found 300m below from bottleneck.
The bodies were found by Sajid Sadpara, who in June announced that he willsummit the peak once again to make a documentary on his father and also tofind out his body.
He is accompanied by Canadian filmmaker Elia Saikaly and Pasang Kaji Sherpa.
The team reached Camp 4 this morning and flew a drone around the area insearch of the bodies, sources said.
Last month, Sajid while addressing a press conference announced his plansto start climbing the world’s second-tallest mountain from tomorrow, Sajidsaid that he wanted to go to K2 to know what happened to his father andJohn Snorri.
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“I am going to attempt to summit the K2 from tomorrow. My father went to K2this year but did not return,” said Sajid.
The mountaineer said that he and his team, on their journey to the top ofK2, plan to make a documentary on the first Pakistani man that scaled themountain.
“A documentary on the life of Jon Snorri and Ali Sadpara is in the making.[I hope] go to K2 to search [the dead body] and make a documentary,” saidSajid, adding that it may take him and his team 40 to 45 days to summit thepeak.
Sadpara, Iceland’s John Snorri and Chile’s Juan Pablo Mohr had departed fortheir journey to scale the K2 mountain on February 3 after Sadpara’sbirthday, asking fans and admirers to “keep us in your prayers”.
They had started their attempt for the final summit in the early hours ofFebruary 5, hoping to accomplish the herculean feat by afternoon, but theyhad gone missing the same day.
A few days after Sajid confirmed the death of his father and other climbersafter their bodies were not found during the search operation.
