GB reviews trekking rules after Broad Peak deaths
Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Amjad Hussain has formed a three-member committee to review trekking rules. The move follows the deaths of 10 mountaineers in a Broad Peak avalanche on July 30. The climbers were part of an expedition led by British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja. His company later confirmed that no members of the group survived. The […]
Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Amjad Hussain has formed a three-member committee to review trekking rules. This decision comes after a recent avalanche on Broad Peak that killed 10 mountaineers on July 30, according to the Daily Times and Dawn. The climbers were part of an expedition led by British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja.
The committee, as per Dawn, will review the 1999 Trekking Rules and Regulations, including procedures, terms and conditions, and standard operating procedures for dealing with mountaineering incidents. It will also investigate any potential negligence or administrative lapses in recent rescue operations. The committee is headed by Forest, Wildlife and Parks Secretary Su.
The avalanche was one of several mountaineering accidents this year that have claimed the lives of 13 foreign climbers and two Pakistanis, Dawn reports. Another recent accident involved Pakistani climber Asma Mushtaq, 34, who died on Spantik Peak on August 20 due to high-altitude sickness.
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