An investigation has been launched into the death of a Pakistani porter near the peak of the world含羞草研究社檚 most treacherous mountain, a Pakistani mountaineer said Saturday (Aug. 12), following allegations that dozens of climbers eager to reach the summit had walked past the man after he was gravely injured in a fall.

The accusations surrounding events on July 27 on , overshadowed a record established by Norwegian climber and her Sherpa guide Tenjin. By climbing K2 that day, they became the world含羞草研究社檚 fastest climbers,

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Harila rejected any responsibility for the death of the porter, Mohammed Hassan, a 27-year-old father of three who slipped and fell off a narrow trail in a particularly dangerous area of K2 known as the bottleneck. In an Instagram post Friday, she wrote that she felt 含羞草研究社渁ngry at how many people have been blaming others for this tragic death含羞草研究社� and that no one was at fault.

Harila was defending herself against allegations from two other climbers who were on K2 that day, Austrian Wilhelm Steindl and German Philip Flaemig. The pair had aborted their climb because of difficult weather conditions, but said they reconstructed the events later by reviewing drone footage.

The footage showed dozens of climbers passing a gravely injured Hassan instead of coming to his rescue, Steindl told The Associated Press on Saturday. He alleged that the porter could have been saved if the other climbers, including Harila and her team, had given up attempts to reach the summit.

含羞草研究社淭here is a double standard here. If I or any other Westerner had been lying there, everything would have been done to save them,含羞草研究社� Steindl said. 含羞草研究社淓veryone would have had to turn back to bring the injured person back down to the valley.含羞草研究社�

Harila told Sky News that Hassan had been dangling from a rope, head down, after his fall at the bottleneck, which she described as 含羞草研究社減robably the most dangerous part of K2.含羞草研究社� She said that after about an hour, her team was able to pull him back onto the trail.

At some point, she and another person from her team decided to continue to the top while another team member stayed with Hassan, giving him warm water and oxygen from his own mask, the climber said.

Harila said she decided to continue moving toward the summit because her forward fixing team also ran into difficulties which she did not further detail in the interview.

Asked about Hassan含羞草研究社檚 gear, Harila said that he did not wear a down suit and he didn含羞草研究社檛 have gloves, nor did he have oxygen. 含羞草研究社淲e didn含羞草研究社檛 see any sign of either a mask or oxygen tank,含羞草研究社� she said.

Meanwhile, an investigation has been launched into Hassan含羞草研究社檚 death, said Karrar Haidri, the secretary of the Pakistan Alpine Club, a sports organization that also serves as the governing body for mountaineering in Pakistan. The investigation is being conducted by officials in the Gilgit-Baltistan region which has jurisdiction over K2, said Haidri.

Anwar Syed, the head of Lela Peak Expedition, the company handling Harila含羞草研究社檚 expedition, said Hassan died about 150 meters (490 feet) below the summit. He said several people tried to help, providing oxygen and warmth, to no avail.

Syed said that because of the bottleneck含羞草研究社檚 dangerous conditions, it would not be possible to retrieve Hassan含羞草研究社檚 body and hand it to the family. He said his company gave money to Hassan含羞草研究社檚 family and would continue to help, but did not elaborate.

Asked about Hassan含羞草研究社檚 apparent lack of equipment, Syed said the expedition company pays money to porters to buy gear, and that Hassan was paid the agreed upon amount.

Steindl含羞草研究社檚 fellow climber, Flaemig, alleged in an interview with the Austrian newspaper Der Standard that Hassan had no high-altitude experience. 含羞草研究社淗e wasn含羞草研究社檛 equipped properly. He did not have experience. He was a base camp porter and for the first time was picked to be a high-altitude porter. He wasn含羞草研究社檛 qualified for this,含羞草研究社� he said.

Steindl visited Hassan含羞草研究社檚 family and set up a crowd-funding campaign. After three days, donations reached more than 114,000 euros ($125,000) Saturday.

含羞草研究社淚 saw the suffering of the family,含羞草研究社� Steindl told AP. 含羞草研究社淭he widow told me that her husband did all this so that his children would have a chance in life, so that they could go to school.含羞草研究社�

Zarar Khan And Kirsten Grieshaber, The Associated Press

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