Vlado Plulik, Former Everest No O2 Summiter, Missing on Broad Peak
Posted by Jason A. Hendricks on July 1, 2008 |
ExplorersWeb is reporting that Slovakian climber Vlado Plulik has went missing on Broad Peak.
Following their rest stop 300 meters below the top, seems Dodo and Vlado returned to their cache at 7200 meters to sleep on the 25th. The two climbers headed back up for the summit on Thursday morning, in very bad conditions and separated at 8 pm. Dodo continued up through a new variation of the route and reached the top at about 9 pm.
Dodo made a bivouac at 8000 meters on descent, reportedly without gear or a tent. Back at 6000 meters, Dodo called his home team, reporting he had not yet met up with Vlado. The climber said he had seen Vlado’s tracks and presumed his mate was with the Belarusian team in camp 1.
Vlado Plulik was climbing with Dodo Kopold. It is mentioned that the two climbers were the only ones in higher camp. An ongoing search and rescue operation is taking place, but storm conditions have hampered these efforts.
I will have to update further, as I get more information. Head over to ExplorersWeb for the latest..