K2 – the world’s second tallest mountain – is known as the most savage mountain in the world. In fact, some mountaineers have claimed that it’s even more perilous than Mount Everest, Nanga Parbat, kangchenjunga and others!

Last month, one group managed to scale it during winters, braving the chilly air and scary temperatures of the world’s most daunting mountain. They made the plunge at minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit – an almost impossible feat!

A few days ago, rescuers and mountain climbers weighed the dangers of climbing the monster in winters after three climbers went missing on Friday – they’re still hoping to find them alive.

The missing climbers include a 45 year old Muhammad Ali Sadpara from Pakistan, a 47 year old John Snorri from Iceland, and a 33 year old Juan Pablo from Chile.

The search operation is expected to continue this week after a brief interruption caused by poor visibility. Unfortunately, family members and officials have little to no hope of finding them alive.

“There is no hope for anyone to survive at 8,000 meters after three days. Now the search operation should continue to recover the bodies.” – said Sajid Ali Sadpara, the son of Mr. Sadpara. He was also on the expedition along with the trio but had to abort mission midway due to a leakage in his oxygen pipe.

It is being reported that this was the trio’s second attempt by the K2 climbers at the summit since December, and they were last seen at a narrow couloirs called Bottleneck – 300 meters below the peak of the mountain.

Where is K2 mountain located?

Well you must have heard a lot about K2 mountain bike. There are some howling stories about K2 mountain deaths, K2 mountain facts, K2 mountain map. There have been several K2 mountain climbers out of which a few lost their lives due to the chilling K2 mountain weather!

K2 is found in the Karakoram Range in northern Pakistan – near the border of China. Climbers from all over the world have tried to climb this mountain during the months of November and February, but have always found it to be the most daunting experience of their lives. In fact, hundreds have already lost their lives.

In 2008, 13 mountaineers were climbing the K2 – an expedition that ended in the world’s most horrifying mountaineering disasters. During this mission, 11 people lost their lives due to lack of oxygen, frostbites, and snow blindness.

Last month, two climbers lost their lives after falling down the crevasse when they were scaling nearby the peaks of the K2. On Friday, Atanas Skatov was found dead by the Pakistani Army Helicopter, who apparently fell at about 7,400 meters. Similarly, a Spanish climber succumbed to death when he fell while descending the mountain. In the same month, the Russian-American Harvard professor lost his life as well.

The strange thing to observe here is the passion that passes brutal death scares. Despite knowing the circumstances, climbers continue with their attempts – and the majority of them meet their fatal end. Last month, the Nepali mountain-climbing team reached the peak of the K2 Mountain in Asia without any causality – a feat unheard of!

Anyway, the Pakistani military helicopters have continued their aerial search to find the three mountaineers – heroes in their own rights! Not to forget, K2 is one of the 7 highest mountains in the world and is the hardest mountain to climb.

Karrar Haidri, who is the official representative of the Alpine Club of Pakistan, has said that there have been more than 360 successful climbs of K2 since 1954— at the cost of 86 deaths. The causes of these deaths have been poor weather conditions, avalanches, and falling off during the descent.

The base camp hasn’t received a signal from the trio after they reached 8,000 meters, so it’s not clear whether or not they reached the summit. They went off the radar on the 5^th of February.

Sadpara has earned several records during his marvelous career of mountain climbing; he has climbed eight peaks of the world and hoisted the flag of his nation, Pakistan. He even celebrated his birthday on the K2 base camp on the 2^nd of February before bidding farewell to his loved ones to start the summit.

It is being reported that Ali Sadpara climbed Gasherbrum II in 2006, GI in 2010, Broad Peak Fore in 2021, Broad Peak in 2017, K2 in 2018, and Lhotse Makalu and Manasalu in 2019. Furthermore, he has climbed Nanga Parbat four times in 2008, 2009, 2016, and 2017.

His son reported that his father was climbing the mountain without ample amounts of oxygen, but he did have an extra pack for emergencies in his backpack. In addition, they had no satellite phone or radio riding along. He believes that the accident might have occurred on the descent in the Bottleneck, because that’s where they lost the signals as well.

Hope only seems to die down in the last few days, as the mountain has been occupied with snowy winds and the weather has gone down to minus 60 degrees Celsius. However, these howling stories that will be remember forever for their endurance and strength.

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What is your take on the three howling stories – of the golden trio? Will you remember our heroes forever, too?