ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Search teams found the body of a top Latin American mountaineer and buried him on a snowcapped Pakistani peak Saturday, nearly a week after he went missing while scaling the world’s ninth highest mountain, officials said.
Jose Antonio Delgado’s body was found by a Pakistani mountaineers with help from the Pakistan army on 26,812-foot Nanga Parbat, said Manzoor Hussain, a spokesman for the national Mountaineering and Climbing Federation.
He told The Associated Press that Delgado’s family members were notified and they agreed that he be buried on mountain.
“We have buried him where he was found,” Hussain said.
SO one AMREEKee dead in PAKISTAN:smack: lets hope amreeka wont attack pakistan like isreal did on lebanon.
It is quite common for mountaineers to perish. Nanga Parbat may be the ninth highest but it is considered to be the most difficult, depending on the route you take. Everest, the tallest peak is one of the easier ones.
