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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kevin Rawlinson

Norwegian mountaineer says her team tried to save porter who died on K2

A mountaineer has described the efforts her team made in vain to save a fellow climber, after pictures appeared to show them stepping over his supine body and leaving him on the mountainside.

Mohammed Hassan, a porter during the ascent of K2 by Kristin Harila and her Nepali guide Tenjen (Lama) Sherpa, died after falling off a sheer edge at a height of about 8,200 metres.

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