KATHMANDU, JULY 26

Rescuers today spotted the bodies of two mountaineers who went missing while scaling the world's second-highest peak.

According to a source at the base camp, the remains of Canadian climber Richard Cartier and Australian mountaineer Matthew Eakin were spotted on Tuesday just below the Camp I of K2.

'Body of Richard was found at Japanese Camp 1 and the body of Matt from Australia was spotted in ABC,' a source at the K2 base camp confirmed.

According to sources, Richard and Matt from the same expedition run by Adventure Pakistan Treks and Expedition went missing when they were descending from Camp 2 to Camp 1 last week. 'The bodies of the climbers are intact and frozen.'