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I like the one from earlier this season with the body sliding right past a group and then some dumb bitch panicking and screeching about to get herself killed.


https://youtube.com/shorts/h8RrAyCsEQI?feature=sharea

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Most of the arrogant idiots climbing these big mountains are using fixed ropes set by these sherpas and paying guides an ungodly some of money just to say they tagged the peak. A legit climber wouldn’t be standing in line on a fixed rope, stepping over a guy dying then taking selfies on top. If they really wanted a challenge there’s plenty of rarely climbed or unclimbed mountains in Alaska and Canada and other places. Jon Krakauer (an accomplished climber himself) exposed this insanity in the 90s. Or listen to Beck Weathers, they gave him up for dead 3 or 4 times.

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Quote from the link: https://kristinharila.com/what-happened-on-k2-27-07-2023/

"Then at around 2:15 the accident happened. I did not see exactly what took place, but suddenly Hassan had fallen and was hanging on the rope between 2 ice anchors. He was attached to the same rope as all of us, it was pitch black and we could hear him to the left side of us, away from the path. We could also see that he was hanging about 5m down but we did not know if he slipped and fell, or if a bit of snow collapsed below him.

"At first, nobody moved, probably out of shock and fear, then we realised that he was hanging upside down and was not able to climb up by himself. He must have fallen almost 5 meters and his harness was all the way down around his knees. In addition, he was not wearing a down suit, and his stomach was exposed to snow, wind and low temperature, making it extremely dangerous. With Lama and Gabriel, we first tried to get the attention of number 1, Hassan's buddy who was before him. However, it seemed he couldn't get to him either.

"So the three of us set out to help him, along with number 3 in line who tried to also pull him up, clipping around the 4 people in front of us. Lama put down an additional ice anchor, I attached myself to this one and to the fixed rope as Lama climbed over to Muhammad, who was still hanging upside down. He tried helping him there alone, but it was impossible for one man to turn him around. Then, we made another plan, Lama climbed above and Gabriel went from below as I stayed next to the ice anchor since Lama was now only clipped to a rope to me. This way, we managed to turn Hassan around. He did not have any oxygen mask, neither did he have a down suit. His legs were twisted in an awkward position, most likely because of the way he fell. Gabriel gave Mohammad his oxygen and tried calming him while positioning him head up. Mohammad's friend, who was number one in line, came down to Lama to help us. We had also added a new rope to Gabriel so that we could fasten it to Hassan.

"As we were trying to move Hassan up closer to the path, an avalanche went off around the corner where the fixing team was. We got message that they had problems. At this stage, we decided to split up. Gabriel stayed with Hassan and his friend in the bottleneck. Worried for the safety of the fixing team, Lama and myself went forward to see how we could help them. Lama, Gabriel, the friend and me spent 1,5 hours in the bottleneck trying to pull him up before the avalanche and distress call from the fixing team.

"When we got in contact with the fixing team we realised they were okay. Lama continued to the front and I stayed behind and asked the Sherpas if they were turning around. They said yes, and as we understood it that meant there was more help going to Hassan. We decided to continue forward as too many people in the bottleneck would make it more dangerous for a rescue. Considering the amount of people that stayed behind and that had turned around, I believed Hassan would be getting all the help he could, and that he would be able to get down. We did not fully understand the gravity of everything that happened until later.

"Back in the bottle neck, Gabriel had managed to make a pulling system with 3 anchors and a rope, and Hassan's friend was helping Gabriel to pull Hassan up, little by little. As they did, people were crossing them, trying to get away from the dangerous bottleneck that lies at 8200m. Everyone was exhausted, especially Gabriel who had been pulling and helping Hassan for so long. Luckily Halung Dorchi Sherpa from 8K came to help with the last meters, to pull Muhammad up to a little snow shelf in the bottleneck. Gabriel gave, again, his oxygen to Muhammad. He also gave him hot water and tried to warm his body as best as he could. We don't know why, but Muhammad was not wearing gloves, so Gabriel also tried to warm his hands.

"For an hour more, Gabriel stayed and tried to help. All he could do was to stay with him and talk to him. At some point, Gabriel had almost no oxygen left and realised that if he himself wanted to come home that day, he needed to fetch more oxygen. He had to go up in order to get one as he knew his Sherpa had an extra bottle, but was much higher up. In total, I think Gabriel spent almost 2,5h with Hassan in the bottleneck while people were passing by. I don't think people understood the gravity of what was happening with Hassan as they were climbing, and that is why we see they are stepping over him to reach safety on the other side.

"Gabriel stayed with them as long as he could before he had to leave to get more oxygen for his own safety. This was very very traumatic, for everyone involved and I can only imagine the physical and mental strength it took for Gabriel to do something so heroic and kind.

"MingTemba, Makhpa, Lama, Nima and myself were still climbing up and we didn't know what had happened behind us, but we saw people catching up. We heard that Hassan was getting all the help he could. Very soon after we reached the summit, Gabriel joined us. I asked him if they got Hassan up and he had said yes. I asked if he was alive, and Gabriel said that he was, but that he was in a very difficult situation. We understood that he might not make it down. It was heart-breaking. It was only when we came back down that we saw that Hassan had passed and we were ourselves, in no shape to carry his body down. You need 6 people to carry a person down, especially in dangerous areas. However, the bottleneck is so narrow that you can only fit one person in front and one behind the person being helped. In this case, it was impossible to safely carry Hassan down.

"Back in Base Camp, we heard that people thought no one had helped him but we had. We had done our best, especially Gabriel. It is truly tragic what happened, and I feel very strongly for the family. If anything, I hope we can learn something from this tragedy. Everyone that goes up a summit needs proper training, proper equipment and proper guidance. From what I understood, Hassan was not properly equipped to take on an 8000m summit. What happened is in no way his fault, but it shows the importance of taking all of the possible precautions so that we can help ourselves and others."

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If he wasn’t properly equipped it was his own fault.  If you are climbing, you are responsible for your own climb.

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No, that's on her.  Her climb, her responsibility.

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If this is from inexperience and being ill-equipped, responsibility falls on the guide or permit holder who assigned Hassan to work the upper slopes.

This was a large push, multiple teams, so it's possible Hassan was assigned to fix ropes or shuttle bottles by another team, other than Harila's team.  

Whoever assigned this man to this work would be absolutely responsible for matters of qualification and equipment.

It's not that Hassan is risking his life, his assignment risks the lives of everyone in that queue, and everyone on that particular fixed line most notably.

If he was an individual party, that's one thing, but we know that he was working for someone.  And whoever that someone is, that's where responsibility rests.

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Most of the arrogant idiots climbing these big mountains are using fixed ropes set by these sherpas and paying guides an ungodly some of money just to say they tagged the peak. A legit climber wouldn’t be standing in line on a fixed rope, stepping over a guy dying then taking selfies on top. If they really wanted a challenge there’s plenty of rarely climbed or unclimbed mountains in Alaska and Canada and other places. Jon Krakauer (an accomplished climber himself) exposed this insanity in the 90s. Or listen to Beck Weathers, they gave him up for dead 3 or 4 times.

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This story isn’t adding up.  How was he assigned as someone experienced enough to be trusted to fix ropes, but ill equipped to make the climb?

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Bodies evidently needed to be supplied,  he was one of the ones supplied for some reason.  Only he and the folks that sent him know why.  With the competitive nature of the jobs that folks have mentioned he may have seen an opportunity to show his abilites and died trying.  

Certainly sounds like he had shit 'gear' but I reckon even experienced folks die up there with the best available gucci gear from time to time.  It's an unforgiving environment and if you catch a bad break your fooked.

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When asked about Hassan’s apparent lack of equipment, Mr Syed said the expedition company pays money for porters to buy gear, and that Hassan was paid the agreed-upon amount.

Mr Flaemig alleged in an interview with the Austrian newspaper Der Standard that Hassan had no high-altitude experience.

The German climber added: “He wasn’t equipped properly. He did not have experience.

“He was a base camp porter and for the first time was picked to be a high-altitude porter. He wasn’t qualified for this.”

Asked about Hassan’s gear, Ms Harila said that he did not wear a down suit and he didn’t have gloves, nor did he have oxygen

Another version of the story.

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8000 meter peaks don’t exist in Canada or Alaska.

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Probably another low rent shady expedition group.  The same type of guys that will steal other team’s O2 and gear at the advanced base camps.

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When asked about Hassan’s apparent lack of equipment, Mr Syed said the expedition company pays money for porters to buy gear, and that Hassan was paid the agreed-upon amount.

Mr Flaemig alleged in an interview with the Austrian newspaper Der Standard that Hassan had no high-altitude experience.

The German climber added: “He wasn’t equipped properly. He did not have experience.

“He was a base camp porter and for the first time was picked to be a high-altitude porter. He wasn’t qualified for this.”

Asked about Hassan’s gear, Ms Harila said that he did not wear a down suit and he didn’t have gloves, nor did he have oxygen

Another version of the story.

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Real technical climbs do though, and Denali ain’t no picnic.

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On K2? News to the mountaineering world. Please tell us more about climbing 8000 meter peaks…

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Pretty much as I suspected.

He wasn't qualified,  he wasn't prepared, he was warned, he was told to go back, he didn't, he died.

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I’m sure there’s more to the story but the actions of the climbers who stepped over him while he was still alive is inexcusable. He’s still a human life and who knows if he was pressured to go up there or just trying to make more money for his family, etc.

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I’m sure there’s more to the story but the actions of the climbers who stepped over him while he was still alive is inexcusable. He’s still a human life and who knows if he was pressured to go up there or just trying to make more money for his family, etc.

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dude...

are you that dense?

I've been reading about Climbing K2 since middle school. there are bodies littered all over the mountain. they cannot be brought down.
its the most unforgiving environment in the world.

several posters have laid this information out, in very simple sentences and you fail to comprehend any of it- instead working on the emotional droning of a 40 year old crazy cat lady who has never left San Antonio.

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Feel free to head over there and preposition yourself on the mountains so you can help those in need.   It's the right thing to do...

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I’m talking about when he was still alive. They abandoned any effort to save him or rally a rescue mission. How many turned around to get help or said it would be in bad taste and disrespectful to continue on the summit climb with him dying there? Did you read about the 1939 and1953 American expeditions where they attempted to rescue their teammates on K2? You don’t know what you’re talking about.

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alive or dead.

no one is carrying you down. if you can't make it on your own.... you will be known as Red Coat or Blue Glove.
his name will be PakiNoGlove

the situation is sad.. horrible and insane to begin with.
but you buy the ticket... you ride the ride.

he should have never been allowed above Base Camp. that was his Jam.

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I get it, at that altitude he’s not getting carried out. It just looks bad on their part to continue the summit push, basically stepping over him while he’s dying. They’re freaking crazy anyway, other reputable teams pulled out saying the conditions were too dangerous to climb.

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I am betting it's a mitten or some piece of outerwear that was temporarily removed and wasn't secured.

Doesn't look like a tumbling human body at all.

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If I was there I would, but we're talking about people basically leaving someone to die so they can make their summit attempt, which wasn't even as bad as Everest '96 when people were descending and trying to save themselves from imminent death, and even then several lost their lives trying to save other climbers.

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When asked about Hassan’s apparent lack of equipment, Mr Syed said the expedition company pays money for porters to buy gear, and that Hassan was paid the agreed-upon amount.

Mr Flaemig alleged in an interview with the Austrian newspaper Der Standard that Hassan had no high-altitude experience.

The German climber added: “He wasn’t equipped properly. He did not have experience.

“He was a base camp porter and for the first time was picked to be a high-altitude porter. He wasn’t qualified for this.”

Asked about Hassan’s gear, Ms Harila said that he did not wear a down suit and he didn’t have gloves, nor did he have oxygen

Another version of the story.

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I’m talking about when he was still alive. They abandoned any effort to save him or rally a rescue mission. How many turned around to get help or said it would be in bad taste and disrespectful to continue on the summit climb with him dying there? Did you read about the 1939 and1953 American expeditions where they attempted to rescue their teammates on K2? You don’t know what you’re talking about.

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I get it, at that altitude he’s not getting carried out. It just looks bad on their part to continue the summit push, basically stepping over him while he’s dying. They’re freaking crazy anyway, other reputable teams pulled out saying the conditions were too dangerous to climb.