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Kerala mountaineer stuck at Alaska peak rescued, back safe at base camp
Shaikh Hasan Khan, a mountaineer from Kerala who was stranded on Mount Denali in Alaska due to a severe snowstorm, has been rescued and is now safe at the base camp. Congress MP Anto Antony confirmed the development, stating that Khan is doing also reportedly spoke with his family after his safe return. Khan, a Government Secretariat employee and an experienced climber who previously scaled Mount Everest, had been attempting to hoist the Indian flag atop North America's highest peak as a tribute to the Indian Army's Operation extreme weather conditions left him unable to descend, forcing him to send out distress messages seeking urgent rescue.
His last known communication was on June 10, when he informed his family of a critical shortage of food and water. The same day, Khan posted a video on Instagram from Talkateena, Alaska, showing a Climber's Memorial at a cemetery for mountaineers who lost their lives at Denali, also known as Mount silence that followed sparked a flurry of diplomatic and political efforts. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking immediate intervention and urging the Indian Embassy in the United States to act MP Shashi Tharoor also stepped in, calling Khan a 'heroic young explorer' in a post on X. In a letter to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Tharoor included Khan's passport and satellite contact information to expedite coordination with US authorities. 'This young Indian, whose pursuits have brought quiet distinction to our country, now finds himself in a precarious and life-threatening situation,' Tharoor
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