2 Helicopters on Rescue Mission, Ground Team to Search Ali Sadpara, John Snorri, and JP Mohr on K2

Dream Wanderlust | Feb 6 , 2021

Icelandic John Snorri, and Pakistani climber Ali Sadpara with Chilean Juan Pablo Mohr are untraceable on K2 for last 30 hours. Juan Pablo joined the team of Ali Sadpara and his son, and John Snorri. All together, they left for summit push without supplemental oxygen on 1am on 5th February.

On the other hand, Sajid Ali Sadpara, son of Muhammad Ali, abandoned his attempt due to malfunctioning of his oxygen canister. That made him return from the Bottleneck to Camp-3. Yesterday, Sajid reported that the three climbers, for the last time, could be seen beneath the Bottleneck at 10am and all were in good form.

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JP Mohr, Muhammad Ali and John Snorri [L to R]

A Rescue Team has been formed, led by Chhang Dawa Sherpa. During a brief conversation with Dream Wanderlust (10:14 PKT), Dawa informed, "I am in the Rescue Mission, at present. We are just below Sajid's Camp. He is at Camp-3. We, Sherpas have been told to set out from Base Camp. We have been waiting for John Snorri, Ali Sadpara, and Juan Pablo since yesterday but they haven't returned yet. We are waiting for the helicopter to resume the rescue operation."

According to the last received update from the Base Camp, 2 Helicopters on Rescue Misson, Gound Team to Search Ali Sadpara, John Snorri, and JP Mohr on K2.

The Weather forecast is showing the possibility of strong winds in the next few hours. The mountain fraternity is keeping the fingers crossed so that the three climbers return safely soon, after the sudden demise of Bulgarian climber Dr. Atanas Skatov on 5th February while descending from Camp-3 of K2.

Timeline

5th February, 2021 - Sajid came back to Camp-3 as his oxygen cylinder was not working and reported that the team was at Bottleneck around 10:00 PKT. Chilean Juan Pablo Mohr, who was on his summit push with Italian Tamara Lunger, joined the trio (Ali and Sajid Sadpara, John Snorri) after Tamara retreated from Camp-3.

5th February, 2021 (7:45 PKT) - No news from the team since they reached Camp-3. The last signal from Snorri's GPS tracker showed they were at 7823m at 7:45 PKT.

5th February, 2021 - The team moved to Camp-3 from Camp-2 at 13:00 PKT and started the final summit push at 01:00 PKT.

3rd February, 2021 - The team had launched their second summit push and moved to Camp-2 from the Base Camp.

24th January, 2021 - The team made the first summit push. They moved from the Base Camp to Camp-3 but retreated from there due to strong wind and came back to the Base Camp next day.

15th January, 2021 - The team moved to Camp-3 from Camp-2 and came back to the Camp-2 and stayed there.

13th January, 2021 - The team again moved up to Camp-2 and stayed there.

4th January, 2021 - The team came back to the Base Camp.

3rd January, 2021 - The team moved up to Camp-2 from Camp-1.

27th December, 2020 - The team again moved up to Camp-1 and stayed there.

17th December, 2020 - The team fixed ropes up to Camp-1 and back to the Base Camp next day.

5th December, 2020 - The team (John Snorri, Muhammad Ali Sadpara and Sajid Ali Sadpara) arrived at the Base Camp of K2.

This news was revised on 07-02-2021