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09-05-2016, 04:43 AM
KARACHI: An aerial search for two American mountaineers missing in Pakistan was suspended on Sunday, an official said, after an initial flight showed ** sign of the men but indicated an avalanche on the peak they were climbing.
The climbers, Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson, were attempting to summit the 6,960-metre (22,835-feet) Ogre-II peak in the Karakoram mountain range but did **t return when expected.
Bad weather prevented an aerial search until Saturday, but the two helicopters that flew up to 7,200 metres found ** sign of the men **r any camps, said Karrar Haidri, a spokesman for the Alpine Club.
“It seems that a big avalanche had occurred, as they were going very well till August 23, but then it s**wed a lot for four, five days,” Haidri told Reuters on Sunday.“The (helicopter) search was suspended on Sunday, as the family didn’t request for a second-day search,” he said, but added that the rescue mission is still formally under way and other mountaineers are searching via ground.
“The search for the two American climbers can only be called off by their family.” The US media said both men are accomplished climbers, and Dempster had won the prestigious Piolet d’Or alpine climbing award twice. Pakistan is popular with mountaineers as it rivals Nepal for the number of peaks over 7,000 metres. It also boasts K2, the world’s second highest mountain. During the summer, scores of climbers from all over the world attempt to scale various mountains in its **rthern region of Gilgit-Baltistan, near the Chinese border.Dempster and Adamson began their ascent of the **rth face of Ogre-II peak on Aug 21. When they did **t return as planned 10 days later, the Alpine Club raised the alarm
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The climbers, Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson, were attempting to summit the 6,960-metre (22,835-feet) Ogre-II peak in the Karakoram mountain range but did **t return when expected.
Bad weather prevented an aerial search until Saturday, but the two helicopters that flew up to 7,200 metres found ** sign of the men **r any camps, said Karrar Haidri, a spokesman for the Alpine Club.
“It seems that a big avalanche had occurred, as they were going very well till August 23, but then it s**wed a lot for four, five days,” Haidri told Reuters on Sunday.“The (helicopter) search was suspended on Sunday, as the family didn’t request for a second-day search,” he said, but added that the rescue mission is still formally under way and other mountaineers are searching via ground.
“The search for the two American climbers can only be called off by their family.” The US media said both men are accomplished climbers, and Dempster had won the prestigious Piolet d’Or alpine climbing award twice. Pakistan is popular with mountaineers as it rivals Nepal for the number of peaks over 7,000 metres. It also boasts K2, the world’s second highest mountain. During the summer, scores of climbers from all over the world attempt to scale various mountains in its **rthern region of Gilgit-Baltistan, near the Chinese border.Dempster and Adamson began their ascent of the **rth face of Ogre-II peak on Aug 21. When they did **t return as planned 10 days later, the Alpine Club raised the alarm
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