2023-10-03 10:43:27
On July 27, Pakistani high-altitude porter Mohammad Hassan fell on K2 in Pakistan and died after an hour-long agony, as a drone recording showed.
The case led to great horror: other mountaineers did not help Hassan, but were only interested in their own summit attempt been. The former extreme mountaineer Reinhold Messner also sharply criticized the egoism of the summiteers.
Mountaineer stepped on dying people with crampons
In a new “Bergwelten” documentary from “ServusTV” he also raises the question Cousin of the late high porter, Hassan Shigri, serious allegations. He tried to warm Hassan’s hands and breathed warm air into his mouth, as the “Standard” reported. “I am very disappointed. Nobody helped me. I had no chance alone, I had to cry,” said Shigri.
He spent twelve hours with his cousin. During this time a mountaineer should also climbed onto Shigri’s leg with the crampons be and have asked him to make room.
No real training
There is also insufficient training for the Pakistani high-level porters, says Shigri. That’s why there are sometimes serious accidents because the Pakistanis – in contrast to the Nepalese – are in dangerous situations didn’t know what to do.
In the documentation “Mountain Worlds – The Shame on K2”, which airs on Monday at 8:15 p.m Joy’s 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.
The Tyrolean hotelier and mountaineer Willhelm Steindl, who was there on the day of the accident and then launched a fundraising campaign for Hassan’s family, also speaks about the tragedy in “Bergwelten”.
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