New Delhi, June 19 -- Congress leader and Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor has urged the Ministry of External Affairs to urgently intervene and assist Shaikh Hassan Khan, a young mountaineer from his constituency, Thiruvananthapuram, who is reportedly stranded at the 17,000 ft base camp on Mount Denali in Alaska.

Tharoor flagged the issue in a letter to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, expressing deep concern over the "precarious and life-threatening situation" the mountaineer finds himself in, and requested Indian authorities to coordinate with their US counterparts for a timely rescue.

According to the letter, Khan's ascent of Denali is part of a broader campaign to promote global peace and honour Indian armed forces under t...