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Spantik'te Kar Yağışı Ceset Çıkarma Operasyonunu Durdurdu

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Pazar günü Spantik Peak'te etkili olan yoğun kar yağışı, 34 yaşındaki Pakistanlı dağcı Dr. Asma Mushtaq'ın cansız bedenini bölgeden çıkarma çalışmalarını durdurdu. Dawn'ın haberine göre Mushtaq, 7.027 metre yüksekliğindeki Spantik (Golden Peak) zirvesinden iniş sırasında yüksek irtifa hastalığına yakalanarak Perşembe günü yaklaşık 6.250 metre irtifada hayatını kaybetmişti. Gilgit-Baltistan'ın Shigar ilçesindeki operasyon, hava koşullarının kötüleşmesi nedeniyle askıya alındı. Yetkililer, kar yağışı ve olumsuz hava şartları devam ettiği sürece arama-kurtarma ekibinin ilerleyemediğini bildirdi. Bölgedeki kurtarma çalışmalarının ne zaman yeniden başlayacağına ilişkin net bir tarih verilmedi.

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Started 23 Aug, 08:06 4 events Updated 26 Aug
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  1. Humanitarian23 Aug, 08:06

    Spantik Peak mission to retrieve body of Pakistani climber halted amid heavy snowfall

    Pakistan

    GILGIT: Snowfall at Spantik Peak on Sunday halted efforts to retrieve the body of Pakistani climber Dr Asma Mushtaq, who died while descending the 7,027m peak in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Shigar district. Dr Mushtaq died at age 34 at an altitude of around 6,250 metres on Thursday while descending from the summit of Spantik — also known as Golden Peak — after suffering from high-altitude sickness. Her body is currently at Camp 3. High-altitude sickness encompasses a range of pulmonary and cerebral conditions caused by hypoxia, or oxygen deprivation, due to rapid ascent and inadequate acclimatisation to high altitudes. The Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) and the GB tourism department rejected allegations on social media that the recovery of the body from the peak was delayed intentionally. According to a press release issued by ACP General Secretary Ayaz Shigri, Dr Mushtaq’s body remains at approximately 6,400m. “The recovery team departed on Saturday and reached Camp 2 today, but operations have been halted due to heavy snowfall,” the statement said. “The team has been advised to return to Base Camp and wait for a suitable weather window.” Approval for a mercy mission for helicopter rescue on humanitarian grounds was also in progress, with the support of the Pakistan Army, it added. The statement noted that the recovery operation, consisting of climbers from different teams, was being coordinated by Dr Mushtaq’s own expedition company, in coordination with institutions including the tourism department, local government and ACP. “It was earlier reported that Dr Asma suffered from high-altitude sickness after summiting,” the press release said. “The circumstances surrounding her death, as well as the conduct and response of the expedition company, will be fully investigated once the teams are safely down and her body has been recovered.” Any necessary action would follow the findings of that investigation, it added. View this post on Instagram It also clarified ACP’s role in the venture, stating that the club was Pakistan’s national federation for mountaineering and sport climbing and not a rescue organisation with dedicated resources. Search, rescue and other relevant activities depended upon government resources, it noted, while regretting that Pakistan currently lacked a dedicated and properly established high-altitude rescue system. The ACP said that under the new leadership of the club, it was working with the relevant authorities to help with the development of an effective rescue framework and support improvements to the country’s mountaineering infrastructure. “Please refrain from spreading misinformation or making unverified claims about the recovery operation,” the club requested, noting that the safe and dignified recovery of Dr Mushtaq’s body was the priority. Shigri told Dawn that misinformation was being spread about the delay in the recovery of the body. He said that efforts were being made to recover the body from the peak and transport it to the base camp so that it could be airlifted via helicopter, pointing out that helicopters could not retrieve the body from altitudes of over 6,000m. “Only the ground rescue team can bring down the body from the peak to base camp,” he said, noting that a six-member local team was making efforts in this regard. Baltistan Division Commissioner Kamal Khan told Dawn that the tour operator had violated mountaineering rules by not arranging for the recovery team to retrieve Dr Mushtaq’s body from Spantik Peak and for helicopters to airlift the body from base camp to Skardu. He said strict action was being taken against the tour operator for violation of the mountaineering and trekking rules. Khan said that when the incident occurred, the operator had refused to arrange a ground rescue team to retrieve the body, saying that he had no agreement with the climber. He also said the operator had not paid insurance for a helicopter service. “Under the rules, if a ground rescue team or helicopter is needed, the tour operator is responsible to arrange a rescue team and pay insurance for helicopter,” he said. The commissioner added that the tour operator had not conducted a briefing or debriefing either, which he said was mandatory under the Mountaineering Rules 1999. However, Khan rejected the “wrongful” impression that the recovery mission was delayed by the tour operator’s negligence, noting that the administration had arranged the ground team soon after the incident. When the incident was reported, the division and district administrations arranged a team to retrieve the body on humanitarian grounds, with the expenses of the ground recovery team being paid by a non-governmental organisation (NGO), the commissioner said. The Pakistan Army also agreed to provide a helicopter to airlift the body from the base camp to Skardu on humanitarian grounds. He said the mission depended on the weather: “If the weather allows, the rescue team will bring the body down to base camp, and army helicopters will airlift it from the base camp to Skardu.” Experts say bringing a body down from a high-altitude peak, particularly from above 6,000m, is an extremely risky and challenging task. In many cases, bodies at such extreme altitudes are left and buried under the snow rather than being brought down. Sajid Sadpara buried the body of his father, renowned Pakistani mountaineer Ali Sadpara, at around 8,000m on K2 in 2021. GB tourism department officials requested that people consider the risks and circumstances carefully before making comments about Dr Mushtaq’s case. According to her social media profiles, Mushtaq was originally from Lahore and worked as a UK-based doctor specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology. Away from her medical profession, she was a passionate traveller, vlogger and mountaineer who actively documented her expeditions on social media. She completed a successful winter ascent of the 4,076-metre Musa ka Musallah peak and was associated with expeditions to Rupal and Arandu. In a 2024 post seeking K2 sponsorship, she described herself as “a doctor and mountaineer”. Broad Peak operation remains halted amid bad weather Meanwhile, due to continued bad weather conditions, helicopters were unable to fly to Broad Peak to airlift the body of US climber Sarah Mallory Geis from the base camp after the deadly avalanche that killed a 10-member expedition. The body of US climber was recovered by three local porters voluntarily from Broad Peak (8,047m) on Friday, 22 days after she went missing in a deadly avalanche. Local volunteers have moved the body to Broad Peak basecamp. Shigri said that as the weather improved, the body of the US climber would be airlifted to Skardu via Pakistan Army helicopters. Geis was among the 10 members of an expedition that went missing on July 30 after a deadly avalanche on Broad Peak. The avalanche struck on July 30, cutting off contact with the international expedition led by world-renowned British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja on Broad Peak, one of the world’s highest mountains. Purja’s company later confirmed there were no survivors. Shigri said that nine of the climbers, including Purja and Pakistani climber Sohail Sakhi, had so far been recovered and handed over to families. He added that the search for the tenth deceased member, Nawang Thindu Sherpa, would continue. Broad Peak is the world’s 12th highest mountain, located in the Karakoram range, and is regarded as one of the toughest and most technical climbs of all the 8,000-metre-plus ascents. It was first summited in 1957 by an Austrian team.

    Dawn – Pakistan
  2. Political25 Aug, 08:36

    Mission to retrieve Pakistani climber Asma Mushtaq's body from Spatnik resumes

    Pakistan

    A rescue team resumed its trek at Spantik on Tuesday to recover the body of Pakistani mountaineer Dr Asma Mushtaq, who died while descending the 7,027m peak in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Shigar district. The 34-year-old died on Aug 20 while descending from the mountain also known as Golden Peak, after suffering from high-altitude sickness. Her body remains at Camp 3, which is located at a height of approximately 6,250 metres. Efforts to retrieve her body were earlier disrupted due to severe weather. Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) General Secretary Ayaz Shigri told Dawn on Monday that weather conditions were expected to improve on Tuesday, after which the rescue team, comprising six high-altitude porters, would make another attempt to bring Mushtaq’s body down to the base camp. Subsequently, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar posted on X that the rescue team had resumed its operation after weather conditions improved. “The rescue team has once again departed from the base camp and is now heading towards Camp 2. The team is moving carefully and will continue the operation as conditions permit. We pray for their safety and success,” he said. Shigri had told Dawn that Pakistan Army helicopters were expected to airlift Mushtaq’s body to Skardu after its arrival at the base camp. During her ascent, Mushtaq had successfully reached the 7,027-metre summit of Spantik and was in good health at the time, ACP said in statements issued on Thursday. However, she developed a serious high-altitude medical emergency at an elevation of about 6,400 metres during the descent. High-altitude sickness encompasses a range of pulmonary and cerebral conditions caused by hypoxia, or oxygen deprivation, due to rapid ascent and inadequate acclimatisation to high altitudes. Her mountain guide, Akbar Ali, and expedition guide, Muhammad Amin, immediately came to her assistance. “Despite the immediate and dedicated efforts of her mountain guides, who provided every possible ass­i­s­tance under extre­mely challenging conditions, she could not survive,” Karrar Haidri, a senior vice president for ACP, said in a condolence statement. Shigri had said Mushtaq was part of a five-member Pakistani women’s expedition team that summited Spantik, which included climbers Zoni Aslam, Zaba Shigri, Shama and Sohana. On Tuesday, he told Dawn the search for the body of Nawang Thindu, who was among the 10 members of an expedition that was struck by an avalanche on Broad Peak on July 30, was also under way. The international expedition was led by world-renowned British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja, whose company confirmed there were no survivors. Broad Peak is the world’s 12th highest mountain, located in the Karakoram range, and is regarded as one of the toughest and most technical climbs of all the 8,000-metre-plus ascents. Climate change-induced shifts in weather patterns have worsened conditions on the peaks of the Karakoram Range in GB, creating serious difficulties for mountaineers. Additional input from Jamil Nagri

    Dawn – Pakistan
  3. Diplomatic26 Aug, 15:39

    Search team reaches suspected location of Pakistani climber Asma Mushtaq's body on Spantik, says minister

    Islamabad, Pakistan

    A recovery team reached the spot where the body of deceased Pakistani climber Asma Mushtaq was suspected to be buried under the snow on Gilgit-Baltistan’s Spantik Peak, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Wednesday. However, Alpine Club of Pakistan General Secretary Ayaz Shigri later told Dawn that the team could not find the body after several hours of search. He said it was unclear whether the team would continue their search on Thursday or delay the mission, stressing the weather’s importance. The 34-year-old climber died on Aug 20 while descending from the mountain, also known as Golden Peak, after suffering from high-altitude sickness. Her body was said to be at Camp 3, which is located at a height of approximately 6,250 metres. Efforts to retrieve her body were earlier disrupted due to severe weather. In an update posted to social media, Tarar said that the search team had reached the place where the body was suspected to be. “However, because the place is very large and due to heavy snowfall over the past two days, the body is now completely covered under the snow, making it difficult to locate,” he added. According to the information minister, the rescue team’s search operation had been ongoing for two hours as of around 4pm. Highlighting that the six-member local team consists of highly professional climbers, Shigri said Pakistan Army helicopters were expected to airlift Mushtaq’s body to Skardu after its arrival at the base camp. The team had resumed its search operation on Tuesday once weather conditions improved, after heavy snowfall had halted the retrieval efforts on Sunday. During her ascent, Mushtaq had successfully reached the 7,027-metre summit of Spantik and was in good health at the time, the ACP said in statements issued on Thursday. However, she developed a serious high-altitude medical emergency at an elevation of about 6,400 metres during the descent. High-altitude sickness encompasses a range of pulmonary and cerebral conditions caused by hypoxia, or oxygen deprivation, due to rapid ascent and inadequate acclimatisation to high altitudes. Shigri earlier told Dawn that Mushtaq was part of a five-member Pakistani women’s expedition team that summited Spantik, which included climbers Zoni Aslam, Zaba Shigri, Shama and Sohana. Climate change-induced shifts in weather patterns have worsened conditions on the peaks of the Karakoram Range in GB, creating serious difficulties for mountaineers. Body of US climber shifted to Islamabad Meanwhile, the body of US climber Sarah Mallory Geis was shifted to Islamabad on Wednesday for repatriation to her country, a day after it was airlifted to Skardu. ACP’s Shigri told Dawn that the body was dispatched via Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) from Skardu Airport on Wednesday morning. The body was received by an international insurance company that is responsible for its repatriation to her country. Geis was among the 10 mountaineers who lost their lives after being struck by an avalanche on Broad Peak (8,047 metres) last month. Her body was recovered from Broad Peak 22 days after she went missing in the deadly incident. Up until now, Geis was one of the last two climbers from the expedition whose bodies could not be retrieved. Earlier, Shigri said that the search for the last member of the expedition, Nawang Thindu Sherpa, was also under way.

    Dawn – Home
  4. Diplomatic26 Aug, 16:44

    Team unable to locate Pakistani climber Asma Mushtaq's body on Spantik after hours-long efforts

    Islamabad, Pakistan

    A recovery team has descended back to Camp 2 from the spot on Gilgit-Baltistan’s Spantik Peak where the body of deceased Pakistani climber Asma Mushtaq was suspected to be buried under the snow, an official said. The 34-year-old climber died on Aug 20 while descending from the mountain, also known as Golden Peak, after suffering from high-altitude sickness. Her body was said to be at Camp 3, which is located at a height of approximately 6,250 metres. Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) General Secretary Ayaz Shigri told Dawn that the six-member team reached Camp 3 on Wednesday, where the body was suspected to be. However, he added, the team could not find the body after several hours of intense search. He said it was unclear whether the team would continue their search on Thursday or delay the mission, stressing the weather’s importance. Shigri said it was feared that the climber’s body was buried under snow after the peak received fresh snowfall, adding that there were also high winds at the peak. Highlighting that the six-member local team consists of highly professional climbers, Shigri said Pakistan Army helicopters were expected to airlift Mushtaq’s body to Skardu after its arrival at the base camp. The ACP member pointed out that helicopters could not retrieve the body from altitudes over 6,000m. “Only the ground rescue team can bring down the body from the peak to base camp,” he emphasised. In a post on social media earlier, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar also noted that as the “place is very large and due to heavy snowfall over the past two days, the body is now completely covered under the snow, making it difficult to locate”. According to the minister, the rescue team’s search efforts had been ongoing for two hours as of around 4pm. The team had resumed its search operation on Tuesday once weather conditions improved, after heavy snowfall had halted the retrieval efforts on Sunday. During her ascent, Mushtaq had successfully reached the 7,027-metre summit of Spantik and was in good health at the time, the ACP said in statements issued on Thursday. However, she developed a serious high-altitude medical emergency at an elevation of about 6,400 metres during the descent. High-altitude sickness encompasses a range of pulmonary and cerebral conditions caused by hypoxia, or oxygen deprivation, due to rapid ascent and inadequate acclimatisation to high altitudes. Shigri earlier told Dawn that Mushtaq was part of a five-member Pakistani women’s expedition team that summited Spantik, which included climbers Zoni Aslam, Zaba Shigri, Shama and Sohana. Climate change-induced shifts in weather patterns have worsened conditions on the peaks of the Karakoram Range in GB, creating serious difficulties for mountaineers. Body of US climber shifted to Islamabad Meanwhile, the body of US climber Sarah Mallory Geis was shifted to Islamabad on Wednesday for repatriation to her country, a day after it was airlifted to Skardu. ACP’s Shigri told Dawn that the body was dispatched via Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) from Skardu Airport on Wednesday morning. The body was received by an international insurance company that is responsible for its repatriation to her country. Geis was among the 10 mountaineers who lost their lives after being struck by an avalanche on Broad Peak (8,047 metres) last month. Her body was recovered from Broad Peak 22 days after she went missing in the deadly incident. Up until now, Geis was one of the last two climbers from the expedition whose bodies could not be retrieved. Earlier, Shigri said that the search for the last member of the expedition, Nawang Thindu Sherpa, was also under way.

    Dawn – Home

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