ISLAMABAD: Pakistani mountaineer Ali Raza Sadpara, who had received serious injuries after falling from a mountain, has passed away in Skardu. He was aged 56.
The veteran climber had fallen off a mountain om May 17 during a routine climbing practice session near his village in Gilgit and sustained serious injuries.
He was rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital in Skardu for treatment where doctors found his spinal cord was fractured and ribs were broken.
According to Ali Raza’s family, he was under treatment at a hospital, where he breathed his last. His funeral prayers were held in the Olding village of the city.
Sadpara was expected to summit Pakistan highest’s peak Mount K2 this season. This was the only peak left for him to climb among all the eight-thousanders in Pakistan.
He had also summited the Broad Peak (8,047m), Gasherbrum-II (8,035m), Gasherbrum-I (8,068m) and Nanga Parbat (8,125m) for a record collective 17 times.
Sadpara had made two attempts to summit K2 in the past but both went unsuccessful due to the inclement weather.
