SKARDU: Renowned Pakistani mountaineer Ali Raza Sadpara has passed away in Skardu, weeks after a fall from the mountain that left him critically injured.
On May 17, the veteran climber had suffered serious injuries when he slipped off a cliff and fell into a ditch. He was under treatment at District Headquarters Hospital in Skardu.
His funeral prayers will be held in the Olding village of the city.
Ali Raza Sadpara passed away this morning. I snapped the photo last Summer while climbing Gasherbrum Two, he was with another team yet we all work together on 8000 meter mountains, that’s how summits happen.
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It’s important that he is remembered, a humble master. pic.twitter.com/xKriAyGI1O— Luke Smithwick (@lukesmithwick) May 27, 2022
Sadpara was scheduled to attempt an ascent of K2, the world’s second-highest peak, this summer.
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During a career that started in 1986, Ali Raza Sadpara has summited the Broad Peak, Gasherbrum I, Gasherbrum II and Nanga Parbat.
Besides those, he also climbed Sia Kangri, Baltoro Kangri and Spantik.
