NEW DELHI: A next man’s disappearance was reported on Spantik hills in northern Pakistan on Saturday, while the hunt for the next guy is ongoing, according to an official.
When they went missing earlier this week, Ryuseki Hiraoka and Atsushi Taguchi made an attempt to climb the 7, 027-meter ( 23 ) peak in the Karakoram range.
Wali Ullah Falahi, the deputy director of Shigar area, informed that” the lifeless body of a Chinese man was found, and a research is continued for the next man”.
The body was located 300 metres (984 feet ) below Camp 3, which is set at an altitude of approximately 6, 200 metres ( 20, 341 feet ) and serves as a preparation point for the final summit. Naiknam Karim, the mind of Adventure Tours Pakistan, the company that organized the voyage, stated, “it is no clear whose dead body has been found”.
The search function involves substantial- level climbing and professionals, supported by two Pakistan Army helicopters.
On June 3, the two climbing arrived at bottom camp and were carrying out the ascent without porters ‘ help. The alarm went off the day after they were last seen on June 10 when other climbing who had anticipated seeing them would have reported seeing them. On Thursday, a military aircraft sighted the trekkers, but the research had to be suspended due to adverse weather conditions.
Spantik, also known as the Golden Peak, is considered a “relatively visible and easy top” according to the site of Adventure Tours, a visitor company. Pakistan is home to five of the country’s 14 hills that exceed 8, 000 metres in level, including K2, the subsequent- highest peak worldwide. More than 8, 900 foreign visitors traveled to the remote Gilgit-Baltistan region in 2013, according to government data, with the peak climbing season starting in June and finishing in August.
( With inputs from AFP agency )
