ISLAMABAD: Authorities stepped up its search for two Americans climbers Saturday, deploying army helicopters to find the pair who went missing six days ago while trying to summit a mountain in the country´s far **rth.
Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson began their ascent of the 7,285-metre (23,900-foot) Ogre-II peak off the Choktoi Glacier in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan on Sunday August 21, but went missing the next day and have **t been seen since.
"Two helicopters belonging to military aviation flew over the mountains Saturday morning but there was ** sign of the climbers," Karrar Haidri, a spokesman for the Alpine Club of Pakistan told AFP.
The Helicopter search has been delayed for days because of the adverse weather conditions.
Authorities said that a team of local high-altitude rescuers has been searching for the missing climbers for almost a week but bad weather has prevented them from ascending the peak.
Pakistan has long been a draw for foreign climbers lured by some of the most spectacular mountains on Earth, including the savage K2, the world´s second highest peak.
09-03-2016, 02:30 PM
Helicopter deployed in search for missing US climbers in Gilgit-Baltistan
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