What went wrong with the climbers and how to avoid such risks? Abdul Joshi, leader of the rescue team and an established climber in an exclusive interview with The High Asia Herald highlights the factors that created problems and suggests steps for putting in place complete rescue arrangements and safety gears.
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The rescue operation will resume on Monday; one local and two Czech climbers are stranded at 6900m altitude at Rakaposhi
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As the rescue team waits for the helicopter, communication has been re-established with the three climbers stranded at Rakaposhi for the last three days.
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By Aziz Ali Dad I just received sad news from Germany that Professor Dr Georg Buddruss an internationally acclaimed scholar
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Elia Saikaly It took losing my own father to a brutal car crash on July 25th, 2018, and travelling to
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by Zameer Abbas In the spring of 2009, Syed Yahya Shah came to see me, a budding government official, in
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Muhammad Ali Sadpara, who went missing on K2 on February 5, 2021, will be remembered as a hero for his
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Owais Toheed Ali Sadpara has gone missing on the world’s second tallest mountain, K2, along with two other climbers John
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Search-rescue-operation remains suspended due to bad weather High Asia Herald Report File Photo of missing mountaineers: (From L-R) John Snorri
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No trace of Muhammad Ali Sadpara, John Snorri and Juan Pablo Mohr; Sherpas are moving up to bring down Sajid.
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Renowned Spanish mountaineer falls to death on the ‘savage mountain’ News Desk Ten climbers from Nepal set a new world
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High Asia Herald Exclusive Islamabad: Two Polish climbers are stranded at a little-known peak in Ghujerav valley of Shimshal in
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Two persons were sentenced to two years imprisonment and an Rs5 million fine each for poaching the endangered animal. Two
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Want to learn more about National Geographic’s feature on snow leopards and community conservation? Ajay Bijoor takes you behind the
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Tourism and climate change are transforming the fragile mountain ecosystems in the Karakorams, Himalaya-Hindu Kush and Pamirs. Ang Rita Sherpa,
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