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Helicopter search suspended for missing US climbers in Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakistan: An aerial search for two American mountaineers missing in Pakistan was suspended on Sunday, an official said, after an initial flight showed no sign of the men but indicated an avalanche on the peak they were climbing.
The climbers, Kyle Dempster and Scott Adamson, were attempting to summit the 6,960-metre (22,835-feet) Ogre-II peak in the Karakoram mountain range but did not return when expected.
Bad weather prevented an aerial search until Saturday, but the two helicopters that flew up to 7,200 metres found no sign of the men nor any camps, said Karrar Haidri, a spokesman for the Alpine Club
“It seems that a big avalanche had occurred, as they were going very well till August 23, but then it snowed a lot for four, five days,” Haidri told Reuters on Sunday.
“The (helicopter) search was suspended on Sunday, as the family didn’t request for a second-day search,” he said, but added that the rescue mission is still formally under way and other mountaineers are searching via ground.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/helicopter-search-suspended-for-missing-us-climbers-in-pakistan/3099822.html
