Record-breaking mountaineer denies leaving Sherpa to die on K2 | Al Jazeera Newsfeed 

How about the 17 people who died on Everest alone this year. Did you see any videos on that on Al Jazeera?

⁠ The point is he was alive and in trouble, but people stepped over him rather than stopping to help. This made the news as it’s unprecedented in relatively good conditions, with so many expert climbers, for no one to attempt a rescue of an injured man.

​@@immers2410 the other sherpas and guides kept going.

@@Purp4040 that’s because Nepalese Sherpas look down on Pakistani HAP’s. The social hierarchy is this: White mountaineers Other mountaineers Sherpas Pakistani HAP’s

@@immers2410 but how can you blame the followers of a guide if the guide told them to keep going? Is that tourists fault?

Difference between narcissist and selfless.

Man trained to save people on mountains vs a tourist.

@@Purp4040 well of course a western don't care about saving a person from third world country do they. All nims did was take dying climbers low enough so the rescuers can take it from there.

​@@Purp4040I guess tourists don't belong on big mountains then.

@@reddman666 thats why they hire local guides. And they still die they know the risk and accept them.

So when a climber slides down a 8000 meter mountain, everyone should get their bob sleighs and slide down after to go find that person? You know how many high altitude climbers have gone missing, for never to be found? Your reasoning is beyond comprehension...

@@opius1199you’re both evidently not mountaineers

@@immers2410 and you are a "know it all", aren't u...

​@@opius1199most of the comments fail to understand anything whatsoever regarding the K2 bottleneck , altitudes , the death zone and rescues not being any option on any level once someone at that height is in severe difficulty......

They are following multiple sherpas in a group that big and they decided to keep going so i cant put the blame on the followers/tourists

Sadly this is the truth.

Yeah but.... she worked soo hard. She would have lost the chance to be a record braker

@@wtfatc4556 Not only that, but sponsors paid a lot for her expeditions, as far as I understand 🤑🤮

​@@wtfatc4556what about the other sherpas and guides that kept going too? Like ultimately they are following them.

I’m with you and her team should have helped…. But sponsors money was more important…. Now her triumph is tainted by this tragedy…. We humans being are becoming inhuman just to be the first on everything….

@@angelicaponce4763 guides over rule sponsors. Theres a good chance they feared trying to move him through all the people so best thing would have been for them to pass then take him. But i am Internet warrior and dont know rules and procedures of this mountain cause look at the line of people this aint just a small group. And he wasnt even part of their group from what i have read.

And yet we took his body down today.

@@chuchutv1450lol, with a good weather and lot of Sherpas, god knows how much preparation and planing before body recovery mission...perhaps u should read more, rescue/body recovery missions involve a lot of Sherpas, and all the resources directed to the mission alone...meanwhile in the middle of the climb, resources are limited, Sherpas , climbers are tired from the climb alone...u expect exhausted climbers, Sherpas to drag a 80-120kg weight down the mountain like nothing? Try carry 30kg down a hill/mountain...then u shall understand the risk

THIS is exactly the answer to this whole situation, your comment should be the top comment for every single video on this topic.

K2 is a more difficult climb than Everest and even though it is possible to save someone above 8000m on Everest it’s extremely dangerous and some would fail in the process. And here on K2 is the most difficult part of the climb, the rescue would’ve been harder than on Everest. I’m not defending the people who left him but it is really unlikely he could’ve been saved. Many experienced climbers die on K2. With that being said, I do feel sad for this man and I hope his family can find peace. It’s just a complete tragedy.

K2 is way mpre dangerous than everest, you cant compare them

AGREED. Any fall or injury within a team, and 100% of focus needs to be on recovery and rescue. All climbs which continue should be void.

Don't forçe others into helping you. the mountain is cold and unforgiving. Stay off it if you can't handle it's cruelty😐😐😐

And yet 17 people died on Everest this year alone. The mountain with the most people on it, with the most bottled oxygen on it, with the most Sherpas on it... You know you have been click baited by Al Jazeera when your emotions go overboard in the comment section... K2 is a different beast all together, and a rescue where this accident happened is almost 100% impossible, unless the person can move by him/her-self.

@@opius1199 I have like 10 expeditions behind my belt. I am going to Nepal in 3 weeks again. I am experienced mountaineer with almost 20 years experience. Many pp on Everest die and cannot be helped - for example, I was about a mile away from a tent in which my friends tried to save a climber with severe case of mountain sickness. They had him in their tent for less than 30 min before he passed away. There was nothing that could be done - no helicopter could get there that fast + they would have to lower him few hundred meters. Many die instantly from avalanches etc. I have seen the problem first hand when a climber that could not walk was to wait for a helicopter. Someone should stay with him, right? But a girl pointed out he can stay by himself - and just crawl to the helicopter when it comes. Yep, that is the attitude. On Everest you need to be lucky for them to save you if you did not pay $$$ for such service. And even if you did pay many will try to weasel out of it - after all, dead people do not sue and you can just lie to the family.

@@paulgifis1908 They are not being forced - they can turn around without helping - no punishment of any kind. They can continue without summit counting officially - also without helping.

Yes, 'Sherpa' is a wrong term here, but sadly, those editing Al Jazeera's footage have no or very little knowledge about mountains, climbing and indigenous communities of Nepal altogether.. With regards to an immediate rescue mission of an injured or a dying person at an altitude of 8000+ meters above sea level, it is so risky or hardly even possible, that sadly, it is somewhat problematic to hold others accountable. If able and if the weather conditions allow, those in the vicinity or team members may have taken time and effort to comfort the poor man, but actual witnesses would surely have more information.. My deep respect and sympathy goes out to the family of a very brave Man..

yes, you are right. this is the responsibility of journalists to be accurate in the language used

The word has 2 meanings. One for the people and one for workers on the mountain.

A sherpa or not, means nothing. You are just implying Nepalese are better than Pakistanis.

It is my understanding that Mr. Hassan was a "porter," not a sherpa. Porters help with carrying gear, whereas sherpas are guides? In any regard, it is incredibly tragic that the gentlemen lost his life. May he RIP.

Yeah bro sorry to ruin your bubble but theres nothing a 60kg woman could do in that ducking situation, the best thing she could have done is finish her run and go. Theres no rescue camps on K2... it is too dangerous for the other mountaneers to try and rescue. So yeah, she did the right thing finishing her record, they all know they could die any second.

Karma is not real!

Sorry but Karma isn’t real, I work in a hospice and see a lot of good young people die , they don’t deserve to suffer x

Maybe you are right. Now that Norwegian woman climber will be forever remembered as the person who used someone else as a stepping stone to get to the top.

blocking the way are you joking he was part of fixing the lines team if there no lines there is no climbing the climbers are tourist porters and sherpas are the real climbers

You seem like a horrible person.

two of the most famous sherpas were on this trip idk if they helped leaving the dying man in agony both of them died in an avalanche the same year could it be karma

Why is that? She is not even in the video. Hassan was not part of her team, nor did she know him. Yet she was the one pulling him up, and her team tried to save him for houres. Where was Hassans team? Where was Hassans friends? Why was Hasaan not properly equiped? Why did he go when he was told not to go several times because he did not have good enough equipment. He still went, knowing that if he got injured, he would also risk the lives of others?

You are great in talking bullshit.

@@Lychee.Meowwww Your name says a lot about you...carry on...

You use the bodies as stepping stones to get to the top. Yes, this is the plan before they begin. Abandon all who fall.

If you want to climb Dangerous mountains in all these Asian countries then do it alone without indeginous people help, you want them with you because they are your guides for a reason because they are aware of ups and downs of these mountains, still if tragedy Luke this happens first thing these people say oh, that person was inexperienced and ill equipped. If it wasn't for these locals living near mountain areas none of these climbers have any luck of climbing.

Because Sherpas have monopolized the everest guiding industry and the name has become synonymous.. but their guides last name was Sherpa

Rescue was never coconsidered. The plan is always to abandon the injured and get to the top.

she is critisied because she hoped over him while alive asending hoped over him dead while desending and had the biggeat party after she got down

Have u ever listened about Cold Desert ? A desert between theses mountains

You clearly havent went up a steep hill in ur life... try climbing a 8000m mountain u ignorant f*ck, and try climbing it with an 80kg sack of potatoes on ur back.

Lol shut the mountain down? From 4 people climbing k2, one is dying. Are you dumb, whiteknight?

She did not step over him you fool.

Prejudice judgment prior to any investigation? Are you a god? 🤪

Why should they've bothered, I mean he was just another poor brown guy from a third world country helping the European climb to new heights. The metaphor is astonishing. May Allah Rest His Soul In Peace . amin😢

He is not a sherpa Sherpas are Nepalese people You people think everyone who can climb is a sherpa

​@@spacewater5866You might ask that question to Hassans crew and his friends who abondoned him. This woman was not part of his team, nor did she know him. Yet she and her crew was the ones pulling him up.

He was not Harilas Team Member

@@Lychee.Meowwww it's attitudes like yours that's the problem.

@@Lychee.Meowwwwhe was fixing the lines if no lines no climb he is the reason they could climb the mountain and they celebrated his death after submitting

But also us to see this. We can how much our value is in the eyes of western blonde woman and man.

​@@alankingdmvporters are not sherpas n vice versa. U pakistani porters are not sherpa. Stfu lmao.

Beschäftigte dich erstmal mit dem Thema bergsteigen auf 8000ern bevor du white knight spielst.

Nobody lives on those mountains. None of them were from Nepal or Tibet either.

This is a bot comment. Most of the crew wasn't white, probably. Besides, ethics and morals don't spring from ethnicity.

Was your country ever a colony of Norway?

This is k2, not everest

​@@alankingdmvabey r@ndi k aulaad sherpa is a caste. Thora padh leta tou ye halat nhi hota tera.

@@alankingdmv sherpas speak punjabi? U should choke on glass ngl. They're tibetian ethnic group residing in Nepal. They speak Sherpa/nepali language. Their surname is mostly Sherpa. Muslim pakistani terr0rist clan w surname hassan aren't sherpas, it's an insult to fellow peace loving sherpas from nepal.

@@alankingdmv sherpas are mostly Buddhists or rarely sometimes hindus. I can't believe your terr0rist clan is trying to associate w them.

porter

No reason for that,

Stay at home.

@@ernestolynch1926 European should stay at home too and stop colonial mindset. The world would be a better place.

​@@fardmaurice6617Stop international tourism. Return all migrants to where they came from. Stop international trade. Oh, and you need some professional assistance.

I'm shocked with your generalization. You suck as a person!

He was not a guide

@@Lychee.Meowwww no matter he is not guide effort should be make to save a life not creating a world record

Yes, 2 or 3 times higher than helicopter hovering height.

They never planned to attempt a rescue. The plan was to get to the top and abandon anyone who was injured.

Why? She did not do anything wrong. He was there at his own risk, and he did not even have the propper equipment. He was told several times to go back, yet he did not. Where was his friends and his team? Why did they let him go? Why did they abondon him while she and her team tried to save him?

Jewish news are much better liars 🤣