Spantik Peak mission to retrieve body of Pakistani climber halted amid heavy snowfall

GILGIT: Snowfall at Spantik Peak on Sunday halted efforts to retrieve the body of Pakistani climber Dr Asma Mushtaq, who died while descending the 7,027m peak in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Shigar district. Dr Mushtaq died at age 34 at an altitude of around 6,250 metres on Thursday while descending from the summit of Spantik — also known as Golden Peak — after suffering from high-altitude sickness. Her body is currently at Camp 3. High-altitude sickness encompasses a range of pulmonary and cerebral co...

By [email protected] (Jamil Nagri)