The information surrounding Muhammad Hassan’s death was sketchy. We try to piece together what happened and why no effort was made to rescue him.
Overall I think it is not a good idea to criticize people who were on the mountain for what they may or may not have done. It isn’t a normal environment and people are often not fully in their right minds. Decision-making is often poor or confused and people can be certain of things that are not correct. I don’t believe the history of rescue attempts on K2, especially from dangerous areas is good and has led to even bigger disasters.
Now if an expedition company did in fact know he was inexperienced and sent him to the upper section of one of the world’s most dangerous mountains improperly equipped. Anyone involved in that decision should face consequences. Experienced and well-equipped people up on K2 are already taking a huge risk so sending anyone who doesn’t meet that standard is negligent to an extreme.
And further as the article suggests there needs to be a foundation or insurance policy of some sort that will support the family of someone like this.
It seems to me that the main people criticizing those on the mountain, were on the mountain themselves that day.
I think it’s totally valid for them to have these discussions around what happened.
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The suggestion that he was sent up the mountain with equipment that was inadequate, makes it a bit more than “humans verses environment & lose”
