Asif Bhatti, mountaineer trapped at Nanga Parbat rescued, reaches base camp

Asif Bhatti, a Pakistani mountaineer trapped at Nanga Parbat has been rescued and reached base camp on Tuesday.

According to a news source, Asif Bhatti was helped by his friend from Azerbaijan.

As reported, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had directed the Gilgit-Baltistan and Army authorities to immediately rescue mountaineer Asif Bhatti who reportedly got trapped at 7500 meters height while scaling the 8,126-meter Nanga Parbat peak.

Shehbaz Sharif instructed the Chief Secretary Gilgit Baltistan to contact Asif Bhatti’s son and assure him of immediate measures for the stuck-up climber’s rescue.

The directives from the PM came after the mountaineer’s son appealed to the prime minister on social media for the safe evacuation of his stranded father.

Pakistan’s mountaineer Asif Bhatti, also a university professor from Islamabad, has been stranded on Nanga Parbat with snow blindness.

Bhatti was stuck at C4, which is at an altitude between 7,500 to 8,000 meters and was unable to descend on his own.

“Asif Bhatti, a Pakistani climber, is stuck at C4 with snow blindness at altitude 7,500m – 8,000m at Nanga Parbat 8,126m. He needs help,” said Karrar Haidri, secretary of the Alpine Club of Pakistan.

 

Earlier this week, renowned mountaineers Naila Kiani and Samina Baig became the first Pakistani women to scale Nanga Parbat.

Meanwhile, Sajid Sadpara successfully climbed Nanga Parbat without the help of supplementary oxygen and sherpas, local helpers, last month.