Briton Tom Ballard … Helicopters are gounded due to a flare-up of the ongoing conflict between Pakistan and India. Their last report was from about 6,300m. Een deel van hen zal voor altijd op de Nanga Parbat blijven.” Ballard is de zoon van Alison Hargreaves, de eerste vrouw die de Mount Everest solo en zonder zuurstoftoediening bedwong. British alpinist Tom Ballard, 30, and Italian Daniele Nardi, 42, were attempting a … Nardi had deep experience in the Himalaya, while Nanga Parbat was Ballard’s first 8,000’er. British high-altitude newcomer Tom Ballard and experienced Italian Daniele Nardi are currently attempting the Mummery Spur. It’s now been 10 days since Daniele Nardi of Italy and Tom Ballard of Britain went missing on Pakistan's Nanga Parbat the world’s ninth-highest mountain, and hope is running out. A tense situation is currently unfolding on the slopes of Nanga Parbat in Pakistan where Italian mountaineer Daniele Nardi and his British counterpart Tom Ballard are attempting to scale the 8126m giant in winter via the difficult, never-ending Mummery Rib on the Diamir side of the mountain. The girlfriend of a British climber who died on a Himalayan peak known as the ‘Killer Mountain’ has revealed she begged him not to go. Alex Txikon also available for rescue mission The situation has not changed on Nanga Parbat where, since Sunday 24 February, there has been no news or contact with Daniele Nardi and Tom Ballard who have been climbing the Mummery Rib.

Tom Ballard and Daniele Nardi (far right) with their BC crew before their departure up Nanga Parbat.

Daniele Nardi and Tom Ballard have not been heard from since Sunday, when they set off toward the Mummery Spur on Nanga Parbat. There has been no news from Daniele Nardi and Tom Ballard since Sunday 24 February when the two were above 6000 meters on the Mummery Rib.

Tom Ballard was climbing Nanga Parbat …

01.03.2019 Nanga Parbat: still no contact with Daniele Nardi and Tom Ballard. Rescue ongoing on Nanga Parbat for Daniele Nardi and Tom Ballard, who last reported from above 6,000m. Tom Ballard (left) and Daniele Nardi last made contact with their team two weeks ago The bodies of two climbers who went missing on a mountain in Pakistan have been found. Tom Ballard, whose mother died climbing K2, and Daniele Nardi were last heard from on Sunday as they went above 6,300 metres on Nanga Parbat in the western Himalayas.

Two climbers on Pakistan’s 26,660-foot Nanga Parbat have been missing since February 24. Nanga Parbat in winter, photographed from Base Camp at the end of December 2018.

It’s now been 10 days since Daniele Nardi of Italy and Tom Ballard of Britain went missing on Pakistan's Nanga Parbat the world’s ninth-highest mountain, and hope is running out. Now, Nanga Parbat again plays host to a pair of winter interlopers.

Search operation for Daniele Nardi and Tom Ballard on Nanga Parbat continues 03.03.2019 di Planetmountain Alex Txikon and his team plus drones should arrive at Nanga Parbat base camp today to resume the search for Daniele Nardi and Tom Ballard, almost a week after the last contact with the two mountaineers attempting to climb the Mummery Rib in winter. Their paths first crossed in 2017, when they attempted the North East face of Link Sar (7,041m) in the Karakorum, as part of an international expedition that included Ballard’s sister Kate. RESCUERS have found the bodies of two climbers missing for almost a fortnight on a mountain in Pakistan, the Italian ambassador has said. As we reported on Monday, the pair are hunkered down at Camp 2 … Today, their Base Camp team was worried enough to call in a helicopter rescue. He was a precocious young talent who had made waves in the Alps.

Stefania Pederiva said she repeatedly urged Tom Ballard …