GILGIT: Pakistan Army Aviation helicopters rescued three stranded mountaineers from the Rakaposhi mountain on Wednesday.
Local mountaineer Wajidullah Nagri and Jakub Vicek and Peter Macek of the Czech Republic had scaled the 7,788-meter peak on Thursday last.
However, they were stranded at an altitude of 6,900 meters while descending.
Nagar deputy commissioner Zulqarnain Khan said bad weather, strong winds and fear of avalanches forced the climbers to stop descending.
He said the rescue operation was started on Sunday, but bad weather hindered the mission till Tuesday.
GB finance minister Javed Ali Manwa said food, ropes and communication devices were dropped to the stranded climbers through helicopter on Tuesday. He said after getting the supplies, the stranded climbers had started descending, and arrived at a 6,200-meter altitude on Tuesday evening.
On Wednesday morning, army helicopters picked the climbers from 6,200m altitude and shifted them to Gilgit, the minister…