Families of three mountaineers missing in Pakistan since last week grow more desperate as the search is stopped due to bad weather.Pakistani climber Ali Sadpara, Jon Snorri from Iceland and Juan Pablo Mohr of Chile were attempting to scale K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, but lost contact with their base camp late on 5 February and were reported missing the next day.K2, referred to as “killer mountain”, is located in the Karakorum mountain range and is 8,611m (28,250ft) high.K2 had never been climbed during the winter until last month when a team of 10 Nepalese climbers made history by scaling it for the first time in the harshest weather.The three-day search for the climbers was halted on 8 February as heavy clouds enveloped most of K2. Advertisement Pakistani military helicopters were grounded, waiting for an opening in the weather to resume the search, said Karrar Haidri, head of the Pakistan Alpine Club.In a statement, the families said they made the “difficult decision” to wait for the weather to improve before the search resumes. More from Pakistan Daniel Pearl murder: British-born man acquitted over journalist’s killing to be released from Pakistan prison Pakistan starts polio vaccination campaign to protect 40 million… Read full this story
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