Shehroze Kashif, Fazal Ali ‘successfully rescued’ from Nanga Parbat. The army played a vital role in rescuing two Stranded mountaineers. Army efforts can’t be forgotten in these unfavourable conditions and in the end, their operation was successful.
According to the ISPR, the Pakistan army, since Wednesday has been coordinating a high-risk rescue operation to evacuate stranded mountaineers Shehroze Kashif and Fazal Ali who were stuck at Nanga Parbat. Kashif’s father thanked the army, chief of army staff, ISPR director-general, and the GB government for their support. Kashif’s father was extremely happy to hear the news after his child got stuck.
“Pakistan army aviation helicopters and a ground search team comprising high altitude porters and rescuers are employed to rescue the mountaineers. Pakistan army aviation pilots, in a daring attempt, flew Two heli-missions despite bad weather conditions but couldn’t pick up the mountaineers due to dense clouds and very high altitude,” said the ISPR.
The duo has shown great resilience and willpower to manage things themselves in such harsh and unfavourable conditions. Conditions there were very Harsh but they survived through a tough phase and got back with the help of the Army.
Kashif, who hails from Lahore, had “set another world record by summiting Nanga Parbat”, adding that the youngster had now scaled eight of the 14 peaks that were over 8,000 metres. He is aiming to become the youngest climber in the world to summit all 8,000-metre high mountains
The two mountaineers had summited Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest mountain in the world at 8,126 metres, on Tuesday morning. However, the duo was reported to have gone missing while on their way back.
The Gilgit-Baltistan government had started a rescue operation within hours. On Wednesday morning, the regional government announced that police officials and climbers present at the base camp had confirmed that telescope visuals showed the mountaineers descending from camp 4 and they were “okay”. However, bad weather did not permit Pakistan Army helicopters to rescue the stranded climbers on Wednesday while the ground rescue team could not move up to camp 1.
