Summary The two were part of a group of four Poles scaling a Himalayan peak.
WARSAW (AP) - Two Polish mountaineers have disappeared in the Himalayas after scaling a peak of more than 26,000 feet (8,000 meters), officials said Wednesday.
The two were part of a group of four Poles that on Tuesday completed what other Polish climbers say is the first-ever winter ascent of Broad Peak, the world s 12th highest mountain, which is located in Pakistan.
Artur Hajzer, a Polish mountaineering official, said on the news station TVN24 that there had been no contact with Maciej Berbeka and Tomasz Kowalski.
He said a Pakistani climber went up looking for the Poles in minus 35 degrees Celsius (minus 31 Fahrenheit) but found no sign of them.
Hajzer said time is running out as a snowstorm is expected.
The two other men, Adam Bielecki and Artur Malek, safely reached a camp below the peak, Hajzer said.
