
Daily Mountain
47 years, Australia
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The helicopter searching the Diamir side of Nanga Parbat for missing climbers Daniele Nardi and Tom Ballard has just spotted a tent at Camp 3, invaded by snow, in an area of avalanche debris. Nardi and Ballard last reported from around 6,300m, which is above Camp 3, but there’s been no news of their whereabouts since then. According to Daniele Nardi’s home team, the weather is still acceptable below 7,000m, but night is now falling in Pakistan, so this may be all we learn today.
The search helicopter did two flights today. No trace of the climbers was found on the first flight, so the chopper dropped winter Nanga Parbat summiter Ali Sadpara and two other rescuers near Base Camp, then returned to Skardu to refuel. The flight crew spotted the ruined tent and debris on their second pass.
Meanwhile, the Kazakh-Russian-Kyrgyz team on K2 confirmed yesterday that they are willing to help with the rescue, and four members are ready to be transferred to Nanga Parbat, if needed and if the air restrictions due to the India-Pakistan conflict allow.
Known as the Killer Mountain, Nanga Parbat is one of the world’s most deadly 8,000m peaks. Last winter, Polish climber Tomasz Mackiewicz died during a similar attempt on the mountain. His partner, Elisabeth Revol, survived thanks to climbers who abandoned their own K2 goal to rescue her.
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