On July 27, Pakistani high-altitude porter Mohammad Hassan fell into K2 in Pakistan and died after an hour of agony, drone footage showed.
The case generated great horror: other mountaineers did not help Hassan, but were interested only in his own summit attempt I have been. Former extreme climber Reinhold Messner also harshly criticized the selfishness of mountaineers.
Climber stepped on dying people with crampons
In a new documentary “Bergwelten” on “ServusTV” he also raises the question Cousin of the late senior doorman, Hassan Shigri, serious charges. He tried to warm Hassan’s hands and breathed hot air into his mouth, “Standard” reported. “I’m very disappointed. Nobody helped me. I didn’t have a chance alone, I had to cry,” said Shigri.
He spent twelve hours with his cousin. During this time a climber must also climbed onto Shigri’s leg with the clamps be and have asked him to make room.
No real training
There is also insufficient training for high-level Pakistani porters, says Shigri. This is why serious accidents sometimes occur because Pakistanis – unlike Nepalis – are in dangerous situations. I did not know what to do.
In the documentation “Mountain Worlds – The Shame on K2” on Monday at 8:15 pm on Joyn and ServusTV can be seen, the circumstances surrounding Hassan’s tragic death are examined in more detail. Not only eyewitnesses have their say, but also prominent mountaineers such as Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner and Hans Kammerlander.
Tyrolean hotelier and mountaineer Willhelm Steindl, who was at the scene on the day of the accident and later launched a fundraising campaign for Hassan’s family, also talks about the tragedy in “Bergwelten”.