- Mountaineer was climbing near K2 in northern Pakistan
- Authorities are now working to bring body down mountain
A Russian-American climber who went missing last week while trying to scale a mountain amid harsh winter weather in northern Pakistan has been found dead, the region’s tourist police and the Alpine Club of Pakistan said on Tuesday.
The tourist police in the town of Gilgit made the announcement on Twitter, saying Alex Goldfarb went missing on Friday while he was trying to summit the Pastore Peak, not far from K2, the most prominent peak on the Pakistani side of the Himalayan range, and the world’s second tallest after Mount Everest.
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The body of Russian-American mountaineer Alex Goldfarb, who went missing on the Pastore Peak 6209-M, was found by a team of Pakistan Army Aviation.
May God give him eternal rest and the family the strength to bear the great pain. Rest in Peace Alex!!
Karrar Haidri SecretaryACP pic.twitter.com/yeWECtcmK5
