A Pakistani Sherpa is dying – and the paying mountain tourists who want to climb K2 just walk by. How can this happen? Could the man have been saved? The Swiss doctor Urs Hefti, experienced in rescues from the death zone, classifies the events.
Interview: Benjamin Steffen
After a fall, a young mountain porter died at the end of July during an expedition on K2. He is said to have been ignored by other climbers at 8,200 meters and left to die. The drama rocked the mountaineering scene. The Swiss doctor Urs Hefti himself has carried out expeditions and rescues at extreme heights.
What did you think when you heard about the drama at K2?
I spontaneously thought it was a daily headline from the high mountain season. If you look at it soberly and read statements from mountaineers who were there, you ask yourself: what’s the point? Is it a problem? Yes or no?
Source: Stern
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