Kerala mountaineer Sheikh Hassan sends SOS from 17,000 ft on Alaska’s Mount Denali

Sheikh Hassan Khan, a 38-year-old Kerala government employee on a mission to scale the highest peaks of every continent, has issued a desperate SOS after being trapped by a fierce storm at 17,000 feet on Mount Denali, the tallest mountain in North America.

Khan’s satellite-phone message, shared on X (formerly Twitter) by Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar, says he has “Less food and water to survive” and is seeking immediate rescue. “Only



God can help us from this situation. Please ask all to pray,” the mountaineer wrote, explaining that he had climbed Denali to unfurl a banner congratulating India’s armed forces for “Operation Sindoor.”

Chandrasekhar replied that he has alerted both the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar, and has tagged the Indian Embassy in Washington, D.C., to coordinate rescue efforts. “Stay safe,” he urged in his post.