Norwegian climber did not help the dying guide and continued climbing to the top of K2 (2 photos + 2 videos)
The girl did not want (could not?) be distracted by the injured Pakistani, because ahead of her was a world record.
Every year climbers die in the mountains, but for the love of this fact does not affect the ascent in any way. Norwegian climber Kristin Harila climbed 14 eight-thousanders in a record 92 days. woman in team with guide Tenjin Sherpa from Nepal began her ascents in April 2023 In May, the team climbed Everest, and on July 23 the twelfth highest mountain in the world is Broad Peak (Pakistan).
Christine Harila
The climber made all her ascents as part of the project She Moves Mountains ("She moves mountains"), which aims to change understanding of the possibilities of women.
On July 27, the Norwegian reached the top of the last of 14 eight-thousanders - mountains Chogori (K2), in the northern part of Kashmir. It seemed would, the world record is set (14 eight-thousanders - in 3 months), but after the ascent, the climber was in for an unpleasant surprise. She was accused of failure to help a Sherpa who was dying on a mountain path. He pulled ropes and fell from a height. The Norwegian woman saw the unfortunate, but stepped over through it and went further up.
However, the champion herself claims that her team did everything possible to help the Sherpa. But her fellow climbers saw footage from mountains and claim that she simply passed by the body of a dying man.
Austrian climber Wilhelm Stein rebuked the Norwegian:
"What happened there is a disgrace. A living person was left lying down so that records could be set."
In the footage taken by the drone, he explained, it is clear how help the dying person is rendered by one person, and the rest just continue on their way up. "Although there were Sherpas and mountain guides on site who could take action", at least try to let the unfortunate down. But for this one would have to give up climbing, and then the Norwegian would not could set a world record.
Stein says that if the victim was a European, he probably at least tried to help.
The Norwegian denies her guilt: "To say that we did nothing would be wrong."
“Given the conditions, it is difficult to see how he could have been saved. He fell on perhaps the most dangerous part of the mountain, where there is only a narrow path and snow. Harila said that when her team found Hasan, he there were no gloves, no down jacket, besides, he was dying from oxygen fasting.
However, the death of the Pakistani did not prevent the group from celebration of their own success. Wherein the death of a 27-year-old Sherpa became known by chance - none of climbers who accompanied Harila did not mention this.
The deceased was not an experienced guide, and not so long ago began engage in fixing and repairing ropes in the mountains. Wilhelm Stein announced a fundraiser for the Pakistani family. He is survived by his wife, three children and a diabetic mother.
Recall that K2 is the second highest after Everest. This the mountain is considered one of the most dangerous for climbers, and many of those who tries to get to the top, dies on the descent of Chogori, where the slightest a mistake can trigger an avalanche. climbers who have succeeded reach the top, not so many - there are only a few in the world hundreds.