ISLAMABAD: Another short spell of bad weather is likely to hinder the remaining two climbing expeditions on Nanga Parbat from scaling higher.

The Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) on Thursday said the teams had been climbing for a week in better climbing conditions to install camps at higher altitudes.

However, they were back to the Base Camp to regain their energies during the next three days of bad weather.

Italian climbers Simone Moro, David Goettler and David Previtali were on the North Face of the 8,126 metres high peak and have established Camp I at an altitude of about 5,100 metres, said Karrar Haidri, member executive council of the ACP.

“The Polish climbers, led by Marek Klonowski, had conquered higher grounds and were almost about to install Camp II on the Schell Route.”

Mr Haidri explained how the climbers were determined to push forward even after one team led by German mountaineer Ralf Djmovits and Darek Zaluski discontinued their expedition on the 9th highest peak after assessing uncalculated climbing risks.

The two-member team did not climb past 5,000 metres after they spotted two ice towers right above their Camp I, where dangers of avalanches seemed inevitable.

Nonetheless, in their first round of getting acclimatised, all the three Italian climbers who were going up the Rupal Face, which is one of the hardest routes of the three sides of the Nanga Parbat, spent a night at Camp I at 5,100 metres.

Mr Haidri said the two teams had also been collaborating and assisting each other since the Poles arrived at the base camp three weeks before the other teams got there.

The Poles have installed their climbing equipment on the route to an altitude of 5,800 metres.