• Bansky Jaroslav dies after fall near Camp I on 7,821-metre peak• Over 30 mountaineering permits granted as summer climbing season draws foreign expeditions to Pakistan’s tallest summits
GILGIT: A Czech mountaineer has died after falling during an attempt to climb Masherbrum, one of the most challenging and rarely scaled peaks in Pakistan’s Karakoram Range, as the summer climbing season reaches its peak with foreign expeditions targeting some of the world’s highest mountains.
Mr Bansky Jaroslav, a Czech national, was part of a foreign expedition team attempting to summit Masherbrum, also known as K1, which rises 7,821 metres above sea level.
The climber died after falling from a cliff near Camp 1 of the mountain on Thursday, sources at the base camp told Dawn.
DIG Baltistan Tufail Ahmed Mir confirmed the incident, saying members of the expedition team were attempting to climb the peak when the accident occurred.
