Norwegian climber Kristin Harila rejected any responsibility for the death of the porter, Mohammed Hassan, a 27-year-old father of three who slipped and fell off a narrow trail in a particularly dangerous area of K2 known as the bottleneck.
A Pakistani mountaineer says an investigation has been launched into the death of a Pakistani porter near the peak of the world’s most treacherous mountain.
ISLAMABAD An investigation has been launched into the death of a Pakistani porter near the peak of the world s most treacherous mountain, a Pakistani mountaineer said Saturday, following allegations that dozens of climbers eager to reach the summit had walked past the man after he was gravely injured in a fall.
A childhood friend of 27-year-old Mohammed Hassan described it as "the most dehumanising event of my life" and says he hope it will "not happen in the future".