Three Iranian
mountain climbers have gone missing while descending a peak in northern Pakistan and chances of their survival are slim,
officials said today.
Aidin
Bazurgi, Mujtaba Jarahi and Pouya Keywan were stuck at 7800 metres on Wednesday
while descending the 8047-metre 'Broad Peak' in the Karakoram area in
Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region, Karar Haidri of Alpine Club of Pakistan
told PTI.
They contacted
the local authorities for help and rescue teams were sent but they could not
find them due to bad weather, he said.
The contact with the three climbers was lost on Saturday and since then all efforts to locate them have failed, Haidri said.
"We pray for their safety but the chances of survival are slim at such altitude as they were short of goods and exhausted," he said.
The Iranians led by Bazurgi left the base camp on July 13 and made a daring attempt to scale the peak from a different route on the south-west side.
They accomplished their mission when they reached the top of the peak three days later.
However, they were stuck while coming down and got lost.
The contact with the three climbers was lost on Saturday and since then all efforts to locate them have failed, Haidri said.
"We pray for their safety but the chances of survival are slim at such altitude as they were short of goods and exhausted," he said.
The Iranians led by Bazurgi left the base camp on July 13 and made a daring attempt to scale the peak from a different route on the south-west side.
They accomplished their mission when they reached the top of the peak three days later.
However, they were stuck while coming down and got lost.
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