Pakistan Army aviation pilots receive medals from Commander of French joint force

[BHarwana]

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[HAIDER]

The French military on Wednesday conferred medals on the Pakistan Army Aviation pilots who rescued a French mountaineer from the Nanga Parbat, the world’s ninth highest peak, in a daring late-night rescue mission in 2018.

Rear Admiral Didier Malterre, commander of French Joint force in the Indian Ocean, conferred the France National Defence Bronze Medal to the brave pilots at a special awards ceremony held at the Army Museum, an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release said.

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The ceremony, which was part of the platinum jubilee reunion of 1st PMA Long Course held in Rawalpindi, was attended by Chief of General Staff Lt Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza, senior military officers and officers from Pakistan Army Aviation.

In January 2018, French mountaineer Elisabeth Revol was rescued from the Nanga Parbat, known as the 'killer mountain', in extreme weather.

According to the ISPR, Army Aviation pilots had rescued her on the request of the French Embassy.

Her Polish climbing partner Tomasz Mackiewicz was, however, not as lucky as the rescuers, who included volunteers from a Polish expedition, had to call off the search due to harsh weather conditions with the temperature at 60 degrees below freezing point.

Both climbers had gone missing at an altitude of 7,200 metres under the top dome of the mountain while trying to conquer the 8,126-metre-tall Nanga Parbat.

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[SirHatesALot]

And Pakistanis were badmouthing French

 

[HAIDER]

And Pakistanis were badmouthing French

sorry , u didn't understand ...its Pakistani pilot rescue French.

 

[SirHatesALot]

sorry , u didn't understand ...its Pakistani pilot rescue French.

and they gave medals for that rescue essentially recognizing and honoring them

 

[HAIDER]

and they gave medals for that rescue essentially recognizing and honoring them

life was more important then medal ...

 

[Cookie Monster]

and they gave medals for that rescue essentially recognizing and honoring them

That's dumb...it's like fixing a problem that shouldn't exist in the first place.

Who cares for a piece of metal? For saving a life that shouldn't have been allowed to endanger itself in the first place. What if things didn't go as planned? When things go wrong more often ppl die than can be saved in these rescues...or worse would be having frost bite and having their limbs chopped off...forever crippled.

Nanga Parbat is known to be one of the most dangerous mountains for mountaineers to climb and IMO mountaineers should be straight up banned from climbing it.

 

[krash]

And Pakistanis were badmouthing French

And saving their behinds.