A view of K2, world’s second tallest mountain, from its Base camp in the Karakoram range of GilgitBaltistan, Pakistan, on July 15, 2023. Joe Stenson/AFP via Getty Images
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.
