Pakistan will not restrict mountaineering despite the recent deaths of climbers

Pakistan has not issued warnings or restrictions on mountaineering expeditions, an official said Sunday, despite a series of escalator deaths.

Faizullah Faraq, a Gilgit-Baltistan government spokesman, the northern region that houses some of the highest mountains in the world, said that all climbers were well aware of the hard climate and other risks and challenges before their expeditions.

“Despite that, they voluntarily accept these challenges and come here to try these summits,” he said.

Faraq’s comments come later Chinese climber Guan Jing, 37, died Last Tuesday, after being beaten by the fall of rocks in K2, the second highest peak in the world known for its pending treacherous and extreme climatic conditions. His body was recovered by rescue teams on Saturday.

Jing’s death happened several weeks later The German mountaineer and the two -time Olympic gold medalist Laura Dahlmeir died While trying to accumulate Laila Peak in the Karakoram mountain range. The efforts to recover his body were abandoned when Dahlmeier’s family informed the authorities that he had declared that no one should risk his life to recover his body if he died in an accident.

The bodies of foreign climbers who die trying to accumulate mountains in Pakistan generally recover at the request of their families. But if the family decreases a rescue, the remains are left in the place where the climber died.

Faraq said the authorities were trying to provide climbers with better infrastructure, rescue facilities, security and a friendly environment. Mountaineering expeditions are the backbone of the local economy, which brings millions of dollars in direct revenues.

A lot of people work in these expeditions from May to September, feeding their families throughout the year with these profits, he added.

Hundreds of climbers try to climb mountains in northern Pakistan every year. Accidents are common due to avalanches and sudden weather changes.

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