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SKARDU: Famed mountaineer Ali Sadpara’s son Sajid Sadpara has announced to K2, world’s second-tallest mountain, to make a documentary on his father and also to locate his dead body.
“I want to go to K2 to know what happened to my father and John Snorri,” said Sajid Sadpara in a press conference today (Thursday) as he announced his plans to start climbing the world’s second-tallest mountain from tomorrow.
The mountaineer further said, “I am going to attempt to summit the K2 from tomorrow. My father went to K2 this year but did not return,” adding that he and his team, on their journey to the top of K2, plan to make a documentary on the first Pakistani man that scaled the mountain.
“A documentary on the life of Jon Snorri and Ali Sadpara is in the making. I hope go to K2 to search the dead body and make a documentary,” said Sajid, adding that it may take him and his team 40 to 45 days to summit the peak.
Sadpara declared dead
Missing climbers Muhammad Ali Sadpara, Iceland’s John Snorri Sigurjónsson and Chile’s Juan Pablo Mohr Prieto were officially declared dead in a press conference attended by the families and friends of the climbers in Skardu.
The three climbers were last seen on Feb 5 near the Bottleneck on K2 as they attempted to reach the summit of the Savage Mountain. Sajid Sadpara, who was accompanying the three, had to abandon his summit bid after his oxygen regulator malfunctioned and he returned to camp 3.
Gilgit-Baltistan Tourism Minister Raja Nasir Ali Khan and Ali Sadpara’s son, Sajid Sadpara, were also present at the briefing. Bad weather thwarted multiple attempts to search for the missing climbers, though the efforts continued.