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| Zdenek Hruby |
It is
notified with regret that an accident of Czech Republic Expedition to
8,068 metre high Gasherbrum I occurred on 9th August 2013 resulting death
of 57 years old famous Czech mountaineer and current President of Czech
Mountaineering Federation Mr Zdenek Hruby. It has been confirmed from the
Base Camp of the mountain that Zdenek Hruby accompanied by his partner Marek
Holecek were attempting to climb the mountain from a new route via South West
side for the past several days. However, on failure to make their headway to
the summit from the new route, the two men team decided to quit their attempt
and descend down. On 9th August the Base Camp team could watch them coming
down through binoculars, however they noticed that suddenly one climber
disappeared. After sometime Mr Marek Holecek announced that Zdenek Hruby had
fallen down, and after reaching him Holecek announced that Hruby had died.
After
consultations with Zdenek Hruby’s family in Czech republic, it was decided by
the team to bury his body in a crevasse below Camp I. It may be mentioned that
Zdenek Hruby had ascent of eight peaks out of the total fourteen peaks rising
above 8,000 metres to his credit including Nanga Parbat and Gasherbrums I and
II. It is also mentioned that two other members of the Expedition namely Tomas
Petrecek and Marek Novotny had earlier climbed Gasherbrum I on 28th July
through normal route.
President ACP
has condoled death of the famous Czech mountaineer and President Mr Zdenek
Hruby with the Czech Mountaineering Federation and the bereaved family.
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