US EditionMountaineers set off on foot to retrieve the body of a Chinese climber who died on K2
Guan Jing was killed by sudden rockfall during descent after successfully summiting K2, marking the third fatal accident in Gilgit-Baltistan this climbing season.
- A Chinese mountaineer, Guan Jing, died after being hit by falling rocks while descending from K2, the world's second-highest peak in northern Pakistan.
- A team of mountaineers set off on foot to recover Jing's body from K2 after bad weather grounded helicopter flights.
- K2 is regarded as one of the most dangerous mountains to climb due to its steep slopes, unpredictable weather, and frequent rockfalls.
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Even in the summer, the danger of avalanches and storms in the Pakistani Karakorum Mountains is high. At the end of July, the former world-class biathlete Laura Dahlmeier dies on a climbing tour. Now a Chinese woman is fatally injured when she descends from the K2.
Just a few weeks after the death of the sporting legend Laura Dahlmeier, a tragic accident occurred again in the Pakistani Karakorum Mountains. As the local climbing club announced, the Chinese woman Guan Jing died on the eight-thousander K2. The climber had descended from the summit of the second highest mountain in the world on Tuesday when she was hit by rockfall. Helicopters had already recovered her body, it continued. With Jing, who had be…
Chinese Climber Dies After Summiting World’s Second-Highest Peak, K2
GILGIT, Pakistan—A Chinese mountaineer has died after being hit by falling rocks while descending from the world’s second-highest peak in northern Pakistan, officials said Wednesday. Guan Jing was struck on Tuesday while coming down from K2, a day after reaching the summit with a group of climbers, said Faizullah Faraq, a spokesman for the regional government of Gilgit-Baltistan. Faraq said efforts were underway to retrieve her body. The Pakista…
Chinese mountaineer dies on Pakistan’s K2, world’s second-highest peak
A Chinese mountaineer died while descending the world’s second-highest peak, with Pakistani rescuers waiting on Thursday for weather conditions to improve to recover her body. K2 mountain, Pakistan. Photo: Government of Gilgit Baltistan. Guan Jing was descending from the summit of K2 on Tuesday night when she was hit by falling rocks, Deputy Commissioner for Shigar district Arif Ahmad told AFP. “An army aviation team is ready for the recovery of…
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