A photo of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, is displayed on a cell phone in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021.
(AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)ISLAMABAD – A group of foreign mountaineers ended their plans to try and scale the treacherous K2 mountain in Pakistan, the world's second highest peak, because of bad weather, a mountaineering official said Wednesday.
AdOn Tuesday, Sherpa took to Facebook to say that due to continued bad weather “our expedition is off and we all are returning from base camp toward Skardu."
The missing climbers' support team has not received any communications from them.
The search-and-rescue operation has not been able to resume because of bad weather, said Haidri.