Sergey Mironov and Mikhail Mironov are finally at a hospital in Skardu. Good weather allowed helicopters to pick up all the climbers from 6,100m on Gasherbrum IV. This included the Pakistani rescuers — Yousuf Ali, Muhammad Ali, Ghulam Abass, and Muhammad Younus — as well as Russian team member Evgeny Yablokov, who escaped the initial serac fall and returned to lend a hand.
Unfortunately, all attempts to find Sergey Nilov were in vain. A layer of fresh snow has covered the mountain, and pilots and rescuers searching the area found no trace of the Russian climber. The Russian Federation of Alpinism has confirmed that search efforts have been called off. Finally, Nilov’s body will rest on the same mountain that took the life of his climbing partner, Dmitry Golovchenko, last year.
This whole tragic expedition, cut short by a deadly serac fall last Saturday, was an attempt to retrieve Golochenko’s body.
Dmitry Golovchenko and Sergey Nilov. Photo: Sergey Nilov
