ISLAMABAD: An Italian mountain dweller kicked the bucket amid a skiing mischance in northern Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan district as he endeavored to drop a 6,000-meter (19,685-foot) crest, the Alpine Club of Pakistan said Saturday.
"Leonardo Comelli, 27, an Italian alpinist lost his life on Thursday while making a ski plunge from the 6,096-meters high Laila Peak," Karrar Haideri, representative of the Alpine Club of Pakistan told AFP.
The alpinist had been an individual from a four-man group that touched base in Pakistan's Karakoram range in late May to summit the top however were constrained for the current week to withdraw only 150 meters beneath the top because of awful climate, as indicated by the club.
Haideri said the group then started the main endeavor to ski down Laila Peak when Comelli crossed his skis and lost his equalization, falling 400 meters down tough landscape to his demise.
The other three individuals from the group were securely ready to recover the body and ski down the mountain. As per the Alpine Club, Comelli began rock moving at 16 and was likewise a picture taker.
Northern Pakistan is a magnet for mountain climbers and is home to a portion of the tallest mountains on the planet, including K2 – at 8,611 meters, the world's second most astounding top, however frequently considered a more difficult move than the most noteworthy, Mount Everest.
Settled between the western end of the Himalayas, the Hindu Kush mountains and the Karakoram range, Gilgit-Baltistan houses 18 of the world's 50 most noteworthy crests.
It is additionally home to three
"Leonardo Comelli, 27, an Italian alpinist lost his life on Thursday while making a ski plunge from the 6,096-meters high Laila Peak," Karrar Haideri, representative of the Alpine Club of Pakistan told AFP.
The alpinist had been an individual from a four-man group that touched base in Pakistan's Karakoram range in late May to summit the top however were constrained for the current week to withdraw only 150 meters beneath the top because of awful climate, as indicated by the club.
Haideri said the group then started the main endeavor to ski down Laila Peak when Comelli crossed his skis and lost his equalization, falling 400 meters down tough landscape to his demise.
The other three individuals from the group were securely ready to recover the body and ski down the mountain. As per the Alpine Club, Comelli began rock moving at 16 and was likewise a picture taker.
Northern Pakistan is a magnet for mountain climbers and is home to a portion of the tallest mountains on the planet, including K2 – at 8,611 meters, the world's second most astounding top, however frequently considered a more difficult move than the most noteworthy, Mount Everest.
Settled between the western end of the Himalayas, the Hindu Kush mountains and the Karakoram range, Gilgit-Baltistan houses 18 of the world's 50 most noteworthy crests.
It is additionally home to three
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