Twitter Pays Tribute As Ali Sadpara and Team Declared Dead

No cadavers have been recovered

By Ummara Sheraz | 11:20 am | Feb 19, 2021

After almost 15 days of searching for the K2 Winter Expedition 2020 comprising of Ali Sadpara, John Snorri and Juan Pablo Mohr, we are forced to accept the worse –  the team didn’t make it.

Although no cadavers have been recovered, Ali Sapara’s family have declared him dead. His son Sajid Sadpara who was part of the expedition but had to fall back over health complications said;

“Will keep my father’s mission alive and fulfil his dream”

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Meanwhile Icelandic climber, John Snorri’s family posted a thank you note for Pakistan and Chile for the support throughout this ordeal.

John Snorri’s family has also declared the mountaineer dead. They added that based on last contact by the team, it affirms that they did successfully make the ascent, marking the first successful winter summit of K2 without oxygen. They claim the team ran into problems on its descent.

“Based on the timing of the last known contact by John Snorri’s telephone we are confident that all three men made it to the top of K2 and as such something happened on the descent.”

The family lauded the three men on their incredible feat and even talked about the friendship they shared.

Juan Pablo Mohr’s family also extended thanks for the effort and lauded the strength of Ali Sadpara and John Snorri’s families.

 

Meanwhile the public is paying tribute to Ali Sadpara and his team on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/ALIHAIDERFCMA/status/1362366625337417730

 

Netizens talked about how living legends aren’t appreciated enough, and we’re left with sadness when we lose our chance.

 

Sadness doesn’t even begin to describe the magnitude of what everyone is feeling right now.

 

There were suggestions on how authorities can do right by the renown mountaineer that brough pride to Pakistan.

https://twitter.com/guldaar/status/1362358528124485635

https://twitter.com/guldaar/status/1362360410691674120

 

 

Ali Sadpara, John Snorri and Juan Pablo Mohr and Their Herculean Feat

K2 Winter Expedition comprising Ali Sadpara, Iceland’s John Snorri, and Chile’s Juan Pablo Mohr set of to make history with a winter summit of K2 with no oxygen on February 3rd after Ali Sadpara’s birthday. Sajid Sadpara had also been a part of the team but had to fall back due to health complications.

They team attempt the final summit in the early hours of February 5th. But according to updates posted on Snorri’s Facebook account on Friday, at 12:29 pm, the GPS stopped working.

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When it had not been updated for six hours after that. A rescue and search operation was organized to find the team.

Despite the government and other stakeholders employing all efforts to find the Pakistani mountaineers and the other climbers they could not be found. As efforts proved unfruitful after almost 15 days of searching we must accept the worse.