K2 missing climbers Update: One dead and two missing climbers names confirmed
Agu 3, 2004 10: 50 EST
ATP has confirmed that Alexander Gubaev, from Kirguizstan, has died on K2, and two other climbers are missing since July 29th: The missing climbers are Iranian Davoud Khadem Asl and Serguey Sokolov. (The official permit had Sergei Bogomolov listed and he was presumed missing yesterday.) There are no news on Asl and Sokolov.
Alexander Gubaev's death was confirmed by Vladimir (Vladimir Suviga?) according to ATP, although it is not yet clear if he found the body or saw Alexander falling during his summit bid.
The question now is why the missing climbers life threatening situation has been kept secret for so long. There was no comment on the missing climbers for days and there is now yet to see the implications of this.
The three climbers have been missing on K2 since July 29th but not a single word was released on the subject. Not even to other teams in BC, such as the Magic Line team, that took notice of the tragedy when it was too late to attempt a rescue. Asl and Sokolov were last heard from Sunday, when they were attempting to reach C3.
The Andalusian team spoke to the now missing climbers on Camp 4 on the morning of the 29th. The Andalusians then proceed to Camp3, while the other two remained in Camp 4. Back at BC, climbers were told to make no comments on the subject.
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