The search for two missing climbers, Italian Daniele Nardi and Briton Tom Ballard, on Himalayan peak Nanga Parbat is resuming on Monday, the Italian Ambassador to Pakistan Stefano Pontecorvo said via Twitter.
The pair, who were attempting a rare winter ascent of the world's ninth highest peak, were last heard from over a week ago at Camp 4.
The search had been held up due to the weather and other problems.
Pontecorvo said special drones that can fly at high altitude will be used to search for the mountaineers with the held of a team of led by Basque climber Alex Txikon.
Two Pakistani military helicopters took off Monday with the team on board.
Nardi is from Sezze, near Latina, south of Rome.
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