Pakistan Army aviation helicopters rescued a Slovenia climber, Kajetan Rock Decman, from the Karakoram mountain range on Tuesday, who was stuck at a height of 6000 meters during an expedition in which he had suffered ‘high altitude sickness’.
Decman was part of a seven-member team who were attempting to reach Internation Hiking and Altitude Expedition Camp (IHEC), an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement read.
Decman was airlifted to Skardu for treatment where his condition is said to be stable.
However, most of the teams have decided to move their acclimatization process to neighbouring Broad Peak (8,051m) owing to a number of avalanches on K-2. Avalanches on the mountain have increased following last week’s earthquake in China.
