The Italian ambassador to Pakistan Stefano Pontecorvo informed on Saturday that the bodies of two climbers missing from northern Pakistan have been found. The news comes after two weeks the climbers went missing. In his tweet he said that the bodies of the two men had been identified from aerial photos. With great sadness […]
Nanga Parbat
Missing on the Killer Mountain
Search mission on Killer Mountain (Nanga Parbat) The Military along with a team of four Spanish rescuers are on a search mission for a missing pair of European climbers at Nanga Parbat, the world’s ninth highest mountain. According to sources the Italian Daniele Nardi and Brit Tom Ballard have been missing for a week. Their […]
Pakistani and Russians climbers will resume search for missing climbers
The search for a missing Italian climber and his British partner in Pakistan will resume Friday with the help of a team from Russia. Four Russian mountaineers who are currently at K2 base camp have volunteered to join the search for Daniele Nardi and Tom Ballard. Pakistani mountaineer Ali Sadpara and his colleagues Imtiaz Hussain […]
Stranded mountain climbers in Pakistan to be rescued
ISLAMABAD: Two alpinists who went missing while attempting to climb Pakistan’s second-highest mountain Nanga Parbat have been spotted and a rescue mission is to be launched on Saturday, sources said. Elisabeth Revol, from France, and Polish national Tomek Mackiewicz were seen through binoculars by fellow climbers at the base camp, Karim Shah, a local climber […]
Pakistan termed world’s best travel destination for 2018
LAHORE: British Backpacker Society has ranked Pakistan the world’s top travel destination for 2018. The society described Pakistan as “one of the friendliest countries on earth, with mountain scenery that is beyond anyone’s wildest imagination”. British Backpacker Society’s top 20 adventure travel destinations for 2018 also include Russia, India, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, and China. The backpackers, […]