Climber Asif Bhatti stranded at Nanga Parbat due to snow blindness

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani climber Asif Bhatti, who had proceeded for the final summit push of treacherous Nanga Parbat (8,126m) mountain was stranded with snow blindness, ARY News reported 

As per details, the Secretary of an NGO Karrar Haidri said that “Asif is stuck at camp 4 with snow blindness at altitude 7,500-metre to 8,000-metre. He needs help,”.

According to Haidri, a number of outfits were attempting the peak and some of their members had conveyed the message that Asif was suffering from snow blindness.

“A helicopter will be needed to pick him up but for that, he will have to come down to around 6,000-metre to 6,500-metre,” he added.

Asif along with renowned Pakistani mountaineer

Lt Col (R) Dr Jabbar Bhatti, Dr Naveed, Saad Muhammad and Faheem Pasha had departed for the expedition a few days back. “His other team members have not yet begun their final summit push,” Haidri said.

With a death probability of 21%, Nanga Parbat continues to claim its place among the top five most dangerous mountains in the world. Till now 85 of the climbers have died while attempting it.

It is pertinent to mention here that Muhammad Ali Sadpara, John Snorri from Iceland and Jaun Pablo Mohr from Chile who were on the mission to scale K2, lost contact after they started their push for the K2 summit from camp 3 in February 2021.