A mountaineer has denied allegations she and her team stepped over a dying man in her quest to break the world record for scaling Pakistan’s K2 mountain
Ms Harila said when her team found him he was not wearing proper protective gear, and was without gloves, a down jacket and did not appear to be carrying oxygen, a standard precaution for peaks at high altitude.“It is simply not true to say that we did nothing to help him,” she told the. “We tried to lift him back up for an-hour-and-a-half and my cameraman stayed on for another hour to look after him. At no point was he left alone.
“Given the conditions, it is hard to see how he could have been saved. He fell on what is probably the most dangerous part of the mountain where the chances of carrying someone off were limited by the narrow trail and poor snow conditions.”she described her recollection of the situation, saying it was “impossible” for her team to assist Mr Hassan.
K2 is one of the hardest peaks to scale in mountaineering, and is prone to rock falls and avalanches. It is also one of the deadliest of the five highest mountains in the world. Data from 2018 shows just over a fifth of attempted ascents in that year ended in a death.
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