Czech climbing Klára Kolouchová died on Thursday morning at the ascent to the ninth highest mountain in the world – Nanga Parbat in Pakistan. The tragedy occurred after its fall caused by an explosion of oxygen bottleinformed the news website Novinky.cz. “Apparently this is true information, but at the moment we cannot officially confirm it,” said Michaela Košatková, spokeswoman of the climbing union for the idnes.cz website.
Kolouchová was one of the most famous figures of Czech climbing. As the first Czech to beat the three highest mountains of the world: Mount Everest, K2 and Kanchendženg. She wrote a book about her expeditions and organized lectures. The climb to Nanga Parbat was part of her destination to overcome all fourteen eight thousands. Kolouchová was part of the mountaineering expedition, which reached the base camp Bundar on 17 June. She was accompanied by her husband and five other team members.
She died near the BUBAR base camp, according to Pamir Times, a representative of the District Office in the Diamer Office said. “The climber fell from a height between Tibor I and camp II,” the official said. He added that The other members of the expedition confirmed her death after arriving in the camp. However, the body has remained at the point of fall.
Based on the warning from climbers, the local authorities sent a police team and high -rise carriers to the area. “First, we will find the exact position of her body at the fall site. When confirmed, we start the rescue operations to pick up the body by a helicopter,” added an official, admitting that it Due to the demanding mountain conditions, it may take several days.
