French climber buried near Nanga Parbat base camp
French climber Joel Wischnewski
was buried in the Herrligkoffer’s alpinist’s cemetery near the Nanga Parbat
base camp.
He was attempting one of the
riskiest faces of the Nanga Parbat, solo, climbers think twice before taking on
the 8026 meters high peak from the Rupal
face, which has the world’s highest wall, having a height of 4600 meters from
the base to the icy summit of Nanga Parbat.
The dead body of French
climber Mr. Joel who was missing in the winder climbing weather on Nanga
Parbat, was recovered from the mountain in the first week of October.
Due to adverse winter
conditions, the searching efforts remained intermittent and rescuers could not
got above camp. Option of aerial searching did not materialize because of
various reasons including the bad weather. No trace yet about the young French
climber could be found, despite repeated searching attempts that lasted for
roughly a month ago.
French climber Mr. Joel had
arrived in Pakistan to attempt a new route on Rupal Face on Nanga Parbat on his
own without supplemental oxygen. First he reached the Base camp on January 2013
and started facing health problems even before he started his next attempt. The
abdominal pain throughout the trip of which he was feeling.
Unfortunately the searching
operation by rescuers during the winter months was remained unsuccessful for
his dead body. When the conditions change into summer, the snow melted local
from nearby villages saw the body and notified the French Embassy in Islamabad.
According to the brother of Mr. Joel, the Joel’s dead body was located at about
6500 meters high in his gear with his ice axe in his hand as if he was moving
further higher. Embassy of French had requested to Adventure Foundation
Pakistan who organized an expedition to bring the body down and in this regards
a team was also arranged to bring the Joel’s dead body down from the higher.
