L ast week, Pakistani climbers brought the body of Muhammad Hassan down from 8,400m on K2. They took him back to his family, thus closing a shameful episode in both the climbing industry and the ...

An investigation has been launched into the death of Pakistani high-altitude porter Muhammad Hassan in the summit zone of the eight-thousander K2. Many unanswered questions remain. The photos and ...

P akistani climbers have retrieved the body of Muhammad Hassan from above the Bottleneck on K2. Hassan died on the upper slopes last year, as dozens of climbers stepped over the Pakistani high ...

Muhammad’s death brings bitter memories of another Pakistani porter working around K2. Last year, Muhammad Hassan died at the Bottleneck during a summit push, surrounded by other climbers, many ...

At an altitude of over 8,200 meters on the flanks of K2, extreme mountaineer Kristin Harila finds a high-altitude porter who has fallen. He is hanging upside down from a fixed rope and fighting for ...

Figures on K2 rose gradually until the turn of the ... Unfortunately, we also saw local porter Muhammad Hassan slowly dying at the Bottleneck, while the line of climbers passed him by.

Lukas Furtenbach’s team retreated on K2 because of high avalanche risk last year. Two of his team members were the ones who filmed a dying Muhammad Hassan beside the fixed ropes under the Great ...