ISLAMABAD: Pakistan stepped up its search for two US climbers on Saturday, deploying helicopters of Pakistan Army to find the two mountaineers who went missing six days ago, while trying to summit a mountain in northern areas of the country.
Two US climbers, Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson, began their ascent of the 7,285-metre, 23,900 foot Ogre-II peak off the Choktoi Glacier in the Gilgit Baltistan on (August 21), but went missing the very next day.
“Two helicopters belonging to military aviation flew over the mountains on Saturday morning but there was no sign of the climbers,” Karrar Haidri, a spokesman for the Alpine Club of Pakistan said. The search was going on,” he added.
The helicopter search has been delayed for days because of the adverse weather conditions, he said.
The authorities said that a team of local high altitude rescuers has been searching for the missing climbers for almost a week but bad weather has prevented them from ascending the peak.
Pakistan has long been a draw for foreign climbers lured by some of the most spectacular mountains on earth, including the K2, which is world’s second highest peak.
