Teams on foot search for bodies of climbers killed in Pakistan avalanche
Search teams in Pakistan are working on foot to recover the remains of 10 climbers killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak. Poor weather conditions have grounded helicopters, complicating the recovery efforts for the victims, who included several international mountaineers.
Why it matters
The incident highlights the extreme dangers of high-altitude mountaineering and the logistical challenges of search and rescue operations in remote, mountainous regions.
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Teams in Pakistan searched on foot for the remains of 10 climbers killed in an avalanche on the world’s 12th-highest mountain as poor weather kept helicopters out of the air Tuesday, authorities said.
Helicopters were on standby but unable to fly by noon for the ongoing search and recovery operation on Broad Peak, the regional government said in a statement Tuesday.
The climbers from Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, China, Britain and the United States were swept away by the avalanche Thursday in the Gilgit-Baltistan region, which the Alpine Club of Pakistan called one of the country’s deadliest mountaineering disasters.
Ground teams located the remains of eight climbers and at least three bodies were brought down the mountain on Saturday, officials said.
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