Suspected of dying Sherpa, Norwegian mountaineering heroine defends her innocence
(AFP, Oslo, 11th) Norwegian female mountaineer Jeharira, who set the record for the fastest ascent of 14 of the world’s highest peaks last month, said her team did everything they could to assist Sherpa, who was lying down, on the K2 mission. people.
Footage from July 27 showed a long line of climbers stepping over a fallen Sherpa on the way to the summit of K2, the world’s second highest mountain. As soon as the film came out, it immediately sparked a huge controversy in the mountaineering industry.
On the same day, Norwegian mountaineering heroine Harila (Kristin Harila) and her Nepalese Sherpa guide Tenjen Lama Sherpa set a record for climbing 14 peaks in the world with an altitude of more than 8,000 meters in the shortest time.
Although she said she spent 90 minutes trying to assist the Sherpa, she faced an overwhelming wave of criticism.
Harila said she felt compelled to tell her version of the story because of “all the misinformation and hate speech that is going around now,” including “death threats.”
The porter lying on the side of the road has been identified as Mohammed, a 27-year-old Pakistani who was not part of Harirah’s team. Harira posted a long post on social media Instagram yesterday, saying that she and her team have done everything they can to save Hassan.
The British “Daily Mail” (Daily Mail) even reported the incident with the headline “Shortly after ‘crossing the dying porter’, the ‘conceited’ climber was photographed celebrating the summit of K2”.
She said she, her cameraman and two others spent 1.5 hours trying to pull Hassan out before a distress call from a crew member ahead prompted her to move on and send her cameraman, Gabriel ( Gabriel) stayed with Hassan, sharing oxygen and hot water with him.
Harila said Gabriel had to leave the scene after an hour when he started running out of oxygen.
About 100 climbers summited K2 that day, Karar Haidari, secretary of the Alpine Club of Pakistan, told AFP.
Pakistan’s Gilgit Baltistan tourism authority, which issues climbing permits, said today it had launched an investigation into the matter.
Although dozens of other climbers have also come under fire, criticism of Harira was particularly harsh on social media; Danger.
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2023-08-12 06:05:02
