A Pakistan Army team on Tuesday rescued a Russian mountaineer stranded on the Latok 1 mountain peak, which is part of the Karakoram range, said an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement.
Alexander Gukov had been trapped at a height of 20,650 feet for the past six days and was rescued after an intense helicopter mission.
The statement said that Gukov ran out of food three days ago with bad weather preventing helicopters from reaching the spot, adding that the rescue mission started on July 26.
According to Anna Piunova, coordinator of the rescue team, Gukov was in a critical condition.
She added that the rescue operation involved two military helicopters.
Meanwhile, Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited Russian mountaineer Alexander Gukov at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Rawalpindi.
Earlier this month, Pakistan Army teams rescued two British mountaineers stranded on Ultar Sar Mountain in Hunza Valley after an avalanche hit their tent.
Published in Daily Times, August 1st 2018.
