- Klara Kolouchova part of 7 members Expedition Team.
- Alpine Club helps with recovery efforts: Haidri.
- Kolouchova is the first Czech woman for Summit Everest, K2.
Chilas: A climber from the Czech Republic has died during the expedition of Nanga Parbat after falling from the mountain between camps 1 and 2, according to Diamer’s officials.
Klara Kolouchova, 46, was part of a seven-member expedition team, including her husband, who had arrived in Pakistan on June 15 and reached Base Camp two days later.
Diameter additional Deputy Commissioner Nizamuddin said Klara teammates confirmed her death after returning to the base camp, but her body remains in the fall.
He said there is an effort to confirm the exact place where the mountaineer fell before he started a recovery operation.
According to the Alpine Club of Pakistan, the incident found around 1 p.m. 4 local time.
Rescue officials and porters at high altitude have been sent to the area, although the restoration efforts are complicated by the mountain’s extreme terrain.
Karrar Haidri, Vice President of the Alpine Club of Pakistan, expressed deep grief over the Czech climbing death and called her a “inspiration for climbers all over the world”.
“We are destroyed by the loss of Klára Kolouchova, an extraordinary mountaineer who had conquered some of the highest peaks in the world,” Haidri said in a statement. “Our hearts go out to her family, friends and the global climbing community in this painful time.”
Haidri confirmed that Alpine Club coordinated with local authorities to help with recovery efforts.
Kolouchová got international recognition as the first Czech woman to summit both Everest and K2, two of the world’s tallest peaks.
Her attempt at Nanga Parbat-Pakistan’s second highest mountain at 8,125-meter-was part of her quest to climb all 14 of the world’s 8,000 meters of peaks.
Nanga Parbat is the third most dangerous 8,000 -meter -high top with a death frequency of about 22% of the climbers. “Killer Mountain” – as it is the title – has claimed more than 60 lives.
It is one of the most prominent peaks in the Himalayan series after Mount Everest. Nanga Parbat has a great vertical relief over the local terrain in almost every direction.
Its southern ‘rupal face’ is referred to as the highest mountain surface in the world, which rises 4,600 m (about 15,090 ft) above sea level. It is North ‘Rakhiot Flank’ is one of the 10 largest altitude gains in such a short distance on earth. It rises 7,000 m (about 23,000 ft) above sea level.
