Renowned Pakistani mountaineer Ali Raza Sadpara succumbed to his injuries and passed away in Skardu early Friday morning, weeks after a fall that left him critically injured. He was 56.
The climber had suffered serious injuries on May 17 when he slipped off a cliff and fell into a ditch. He was immediately rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital in Skardu for treatment where doctors found his spinal cord was fractured and ribs broken.
His funeral prayers will be held in the Olding village of the city.
Sadpara was scheduled to attempt an ascent of K2, the world’s second-highest peak, this summer.
Luke Smithwick, American climber and skier, shared a picture of Ali Raza on his Twitter which he said was taken last summer while climbing Gasherbrum-II. “He was with another team yet we all worked together on 8000 metre mountains, that’s how summits happen.”
Luke Smithwick, American climber and skier, shared a picture of Ali Raza on his Twitter which he said was taken last summer while climbing Gasherbrum-II. “He was with another team yet we all worked together on 8000 metre mountains, that’s how summits happen.”
He started his career in 1986 and has the honour climbing Pakistan’s 8,000-metre peaks 17 times. Among his conquests were Broad Peak (8,047m), Gasherbrum-II (8,035m), Gasherbrum-I (8,068m) and Nanga Parbat (8,125m).
Besides those, he climbed Sia Kangri, Baltoro Kangri and Spantik. He also coached renowned climber, Ali Sadpara — who died on K2 —, Hassan Sadpara and other mountaineers.
