PESHAWAR – The government of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa hasinaugurated the first climbing wall named after Muhammad Ali Sadpara, thePakistani mountaineer who was declared dead days after gone missing on thesecond-highest peak in the world.
The 52 feet high wall boasting three categories including speed, technicaland vertical, is estimated to cost Rs10 million and will be constructedunder the PM’s 1000 Playground Facilities project at Peshawar SportsComplex.
Addressing the gathering, Chief Secretary Dr. Kazim Niaz said thegovernment decided to name the climbing wall after Sadpara to pay a richtribute to him and such facilities will also be developed at HayatabadSports Complex, Mardan Sports Complex, Khairabad Tourism spot, DistrictNowshera, and Nowshera Sports Complex, Sports Complex Gunj FootballStadium, Abbottabad, Kohat Sports Complex, Qazi Mohib Sports ComplexBanniu, Ratta Kulachi Sports Complex, Dera Ismail Khan with the cost of Rs111 million.
Muhammad Ali Sadpara, John Snorri from Iceland and Jaun Pablo Mohr fromChile were on the mission to scale K2 in winter but lost contact after theystarted their push for the K2 summit from camp 3 in the first week ofFebruary.
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After losing contact with the team, multiple rescue operations were carriedout with the help of Pakistan Army’s helicopters and PAF C-130 aircraft butto no avail. On Feb 18, Sajid, Sadpara’s son, declared his father dead.
“Pakistan has lost a great mountaineer, my father and two other climbersare no more with us,” Sajid Ali Sadpara said while speaking to media inSkardu.