misfortunes
Death of mountain carrier: According to witnesses, 70 mountaineers passed
The ruggedly rising K2 is considered very difficult among mountaineers because of its steep walls. photo
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A Pakistani mountain porter has an accident on K2 and dies there. According to some witnesses, however, he could have been saved.
“Maybe they had tunnel vision.” He could not assess how the passers-by would have perceived the situation. The will of many mountaineers not to be stopped on the way to the second highest peak on earth is illustrated by their behavior towards the only helper, said Steindl.
According to Steindl, the mountaineer who was helping had previously heaved the fallen Pakistani mountain porter Mohammed Hassan back several meters on the rope into the track. “He was criticized for creating a traffic jam,” said Steindl. Based on witness statements and drone footage, it can be reconstructed that the carrier crashed at around 2:30 a.m. on July 27 and probably died between 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. The reason for the crash is unclear. An avalanche had previously gone off, and a sheet of ice may have broken off, Steindl said. “In any case, a rescue operation would have been launched for a paying customer from the West.”
Among other things, Steindl climbed Mount Everest. At K2 he was on the road for a TV production together with a large team. On July 27, he had returned to the camp at 8,000 meters during an attempt to climb because of the dangerous conditions. According to the team, they only saw the drone recordings later after returning to a lower camp.
The 8611 meter high K2 in Pakistan is the second highest mountain on earth and is considered to be far more challenging than Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. Reasons include the steep route and the risk of avalanches. Only 300 people have climbed the K2 so far.