A Pakistani man finds the body of his father and two climbers months after their deaths on the top of a mountain

A Pakistani man has found the body of his father and two other climbers months after they died in the snow during a winter attempt to climb Mount K2, the world's second highest mountain, officials said.

Pakistan's Muhammad Ali Sadpara, Iceland's John Sinori and Chilean Mohr Prieto died in February while trying to climb the rugged mountain.

Sadpara's son, Sajid Ali, and a survivor of the fatal attempt led an expedition this month to retrieve the bodies of the three climbers, head of the Pakistan Association of Tour Operators (BATO), Asghar Ali Borik, said.

Borek explained that the team found the bodies of the three climbers in a steep site called Botelnik, at an altitude of about 8,000 meters, and was able to identify them.

Pakistan Alpine Club official Karar Haidari said helicopters from the army and members of other missions would join Ali and his team on Tuesday in a bid to drop the bodies.

"It may not be easy because it takes a lot of effort to get a body out of the snow, which is not possible at this altitude," Borek said, adding that, as a second option, the bodies could be buried there if their families agreed.

Mount K2, located in the Karakorum mountain range in northern Pakistan, near the country's border with China, is believed to be the most dangerous mountain in the world, and climbing it in winter is a huge challenge for climbers.

 In January this year, a team of Nepalese climbers completed a winter trek to the top of the mountain, for the first time in history.

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