Pakistan, Aug. 24 -- Snowfall at Spantik Peak on Sunday halted efforts to retrieve the body of Pakistani climber Dr Asma Mushtaq, who died while descending the 7,027m peak in Gilgit-Baltistan's Shigar district.

34-year-old Dr Mushtaq died at an altitude of around 6,250 metres on Thursday while descending from the summit of Spantik - also known as Golden Peak - after suffering from high-altitude sickness. Her body is currently at Camp 3.

High-altitude sickness encompasses a range of pulmonary and cerebral conditions caused by hypoxia, or oxygen deprivation, due to rapid ascent and inadequate acclimatisation to high altitudes.

Baltistan Division Commissioner Kamal Khan told Dawn that the rescue team of six high-altitude porters had reach...