No news going into the 2nd night for Ali Sadpara and team. Not looking good, very sad. Ali is an amazing climber and all around guy. Below is a photo of him on his way to Camp 3 on Broad peak, around 7,100m on one of our acclimitization rounds in July 2017.kushrocks wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 3:43 pm K2 winter attempts are not over. This needs a bump right now as climbers Ali Sadparra a Pakistan legend along with John Sonorri attempted K2 over the last few days trying to be the second group ever to summit in winter. There was lots of misinformation and preemptive congratulations due to Sonorri's spot going all over the place and his wife thinking it looked like they the summit but so far nothing is confirmed. All their radios and ways of communication have failed due to the cold. They have not been heard from for close to 16 hours and sun is just about to rise with really high deadly winds increasing every hour. Ali Sadparra's son who turned around is in Camp 3 waiting to hear the fate of his father. It is currently around -50f with -76f wind chills and winds increasing to near -90 to -100 wind chills. They need to get down fast.
Also Athanas Scotov with 11 8000 meter peaks summit died in a fall near camp 3 sometime in the last 24 hours. His body was recovered at 5500 meteres meaning he fell around 5 or 6000 feet. RIP
Ali is a professional climber, having climbed all 5 of Pakistan's 8000m peak, including making the first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat in 2016. He has also climbed Manaslu and Everest. If anyone can make it down from K2 in winter, it's Ali...hoping for the best
