Sajid Sadpara, son of renowned mountaineer Ali Sadpara is set to summit K2 in search of late father’s body.
Sajid Sadpara’s will begin his K2 expedition from Friday (today) and will be accompanied by Elia Saikaly – an award winning filmmaker.
The expedition is aimed at ground search of the 3 missing climbers of K-2Winter2021 including my father Ali Sadpara, said Sajid Sadpara.
Sajid Sadpara’s expedition will also contribute to a documentary on the life of Jon Snorri and Ali Sadpara that is currently under development.
Ali Sadpara ‘The Snow Leopard’ – a Pakistani mountaineer was declared dead by his family and GB government as he was missing since February 5th while on a K2 summit expedition.
Sadpara was accompanied by two other climbers namely John Snorri Sigurjónsson and Chilean mountaineer Juan Pablo Mohr Prietoon.
Born in Skardu, Muhammad Ali Sadpara, commonly known as ‘Ali Sadpara’ was a Pakistani mountaineer who started his career as a high altitude porter assisting in mountain climbing expeditions.
He traversed the notorious traversed Baltoro Glacier in sub-standard and make-shift gear. However, his love for the mountains and the sport of mountaineering led him to become a successful and acclaimed mountaineer.
Sadpara and his team were the first one to successfully climb Nanga Parbat in summer back in 2016 – a peak successfully climber quadruple times by the Pakistani mountaineer.
Sadpara’s unmatched skill as a mountaineer is reflected by the fact that he has successfully climbed eight of the total 14 ‘Eight-thousanders’ i.e. 14 mountains that are more than 8,000 meters (26,247 feet) in height above sea level.
The list of notable peaks and summits climbed by Ali Sadpara are as follows;
- Gasherbrum II (Pakistan) in 2006
- Spantik Peak (Pakistan) in 2006
- Nanga Parbat (Pakistan) in 2008
- Muztagh Ata (China) in 2008
- Nanga Parbat (Pakistan) in 2009
- Gasherbrum I (Pakistan) in 2010
- Nanga Parbat First Winter Ascent (Pakistan) in 2016
- Broad Peak (Pakistan) in 2017
- Nanga Parbat First Autumn Ascent (Pakistan) in 2017
- Pumori Peak First Winter Ascent (Nepal) in 2017
- K2 (Pakistan) in 2018
- Lhotse (Nepal) in 2019
- Makalu (Nepal) in 2019
- Manaslu (Nepal) in 2019
