Woman climber dies during descent from Spantik

ASMA Mushtaq ISLAMABAD: Mount­aineer Asma Mushtaq died after suffering a medical emergency while descending Spantik, one of Pakis­tan’s prominent high-altitude peaks in the Kara­koram range in Gilgit-Baltistan. Mushtaq, 34, successfully reached the 7,027-metre summit of Spantik and was in good health at the time, the Alpine Club of Pakistan said in statements issued on Thursday. However, she developed a serious high-altitude medical emergency at an elevation of about 6,400 metres (21,000...

By [email protected] (Jamal Shahid)