A volunteer ground team has recovered the body of Pakistani mountaineer Asma Mushtaq from Spantik Peak (a 7,027-metre mountain in Gilgit-Baltistan, northern Pakistan), nearly ten days after she died during descent. The 34-year-old climber, part of an all-women Pakistani expedition that successfully summited the peak on 20 August, suffered a high-altitude medical emergency at around 6,400 metres and died before she could be brought down. Earlier recovery attempts were hampered by heavy snowfall; a new self-funded five-member team from the Shigar district located her body near Camp 3 at approximately 6,250 metres, with Pakistan Army helicopters expected to airlift her remains to Skardu.