ISLAMABAD — After going missing during a mountaineering expedition on Broad Peak, the world's 12th-highest mountain that is situated in the Karakoram Range in northeastern Pakistan, Britain's Wing Commander Gordon Henderson is now believed to be dead. He went missing during the expedition.
Howard Gordon About six days ago, Kim, a member of the British Services Mountaineering Expedition, vanished.
Although the Royal Air Force has not yet pronounced him dead, authorities believe he has passed away because of the severe conditions and lack of supplies at the top, which is 8,051 metres above sea level.
The Royal Air Force expressed their "great sadness" over the news in a statement. Wing Commander Henderson's family, friends, and coworkers are in our thoughts during this terrible time, the RAF said.
In difficult circumstances, the Royal Air Force also urged for family privacy, stating that additional rumours are useless.
As tributes from friends, relatives, and the general public poured in, the climbing community described the news as "devastated."
A second Romanian mountaineer was reportedly fighting for his life on the 8,000-meter peak when the most recent event occurred. Richard Cartier, a Canadian mountaineer, vanished after leaving Camp 2 and returning to Camp 1.
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