ISLAMABAD: Mountaineer Uzma Yousaf would start her summit for the 8047m Broad Peak from June 17.
Addressing a press conference here at F-9 Park, she said she did not have that much training when she climbed 7027m Spantik Peak last year but now she was fully prepared for the Broad Peak.
“Managing home, being a housewife, and then thinking about climbing mountains are two different things for me, but thanks Allah Almighty I managed both of them well,” she said.
She said she was representing the Pakistani women and if men supported women then nothing was difficult to conquer in the world. “Every mountain has its own story and hopefully by the grace of Allah Almighty I will do it,” she said.
Pieces on mountaineering published earlier: Due to bad weather twelve out of fourteen that were attempting to climb world’s ninth highest mountain Nanga Parbat (8,126 meters above sea level) returned to base camp.
But sources privy to NewsPakistan.tv have insinuated that two climbers (Alberto Zerain from Spain and Mariano Galvan from Argentina) who had left the base camp on 19th June, have been devoured by the Killer Mountain. Due to inclement weather, those two climbers remained in their camp (erected at an altitude of 6,100 meters) for 72 hours. After that radio contact severed and they simply vanished in the thin air. NewsPakistan.TV has been told by its sources that the tour operators, handling the alpinists, have requested the Army Aviation Authority for support. (27th June, 2017)
Search and rescue effort is underway after two US mountaineers went missing while attempting to summit a mountain in northern Pakistan, officials said Thursday. According to details, Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson made a second attempt on the 1,400m North Face of Baintha Brakk II (Ogre 2, 6969m) off the Choktoi Glacier in Pakistan’s Karakoram range on August 21. They had climbed approximately half way up the peak by the evening of their second day according to Abdul Ghafoor, their Pakistani cook who saw their headlamps. The team has not been seen since and a search and rescue mission has been established. (1st September, 2016)
Authorities have deployed army helicopters to find two American mountaineers who went missing six days ago while trying to summit a mountain in the country’s far north. Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson made a second attempt on the 1,400m North Face of Baintha Brakk II (Ogre 2, 6969m) off the Choktoi Glacier in Pakistan’s Karakoram range on August 21. They had climbed approximately half way up the peak by the evening of their second day according to Abdul Ghafoor, their Pakistani cook who saw their headlamps. The team has not been seen since and a search and rescue mission has been established.
“Two helicopters belonging to military aviation flew over the mountains Saturday morning but there was no sign of the climbers,” Karrar Haidri, a spokesman for the Alpine Club of Pakistan said. “The search goes on,” he added. The helicopter search had been delayed for days because of the adverse weather conditions. Mohammad Iqbal, a local administration official, said: “A team of local high-altitude rescuers has been searching for them for the past three days but bad weather is preventing them from ascending.” Pakistan has long been a draw for foreign climbers lured by some of the most spectacular mountains on Earth, including the savage K2, the world’s second highest peak. (3rd September, 2016)
