Tragedy has struck late into the perilous K2 climbing season, after a Chinese climber was hit by falling rocks and killed while descending the world's second-tallest mountain.
China's Jing Guan was descending the mountain on Tuesday, August 12, when loose rock tumbled down the Abruzzi Spur route and struck and killed the climber. Guan was one of 40 climbers from an Imagine Nepal expedition to summit the mountain in challenging conditions on Monday, along with three other climbing teams.
