The joy did not last long as Kristin Harila broke the record for conquering the K2 summit in the shortest time ever recorded on July 27. One of the worst accusations ever made on the Norwegian mountaineer: He would leave a dying Sherpa on his way to the summit to achieve his goal.
The mountaineer’s goal was to reach the top of 14 mountains in the world at 8,000 meters in the shortest time ever recorded: just three months and one day for a feat that resulted in the ascent of K2.
But his success was overshadowed by shocking allegations that he and his crew literally jumped off a Pakistani Sherpa who fell off a cliff, hung upside down on ropes, and later died in order to conquer the final mountain. A scene immortalized in a video posted on social media and followed by media around the world.
Instead, Harila insisted that she and her team did everything possible to save Sherpa Mohammad Hassan, and denied being featured in the footage of the event circulating. “We didn’t see him fall. We saw him hanging on a rope and we tried to save him for hours,” he told CNN.
However, his thesis is currently rejected by a video posted on K2 that day by Austrian climbers Wilhelm Steindl and Philip Flämig.
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