Climbers have warned of overcrowding on K2, the world’s second-highest mountain and one of its deadliest, after a Sherpa filmed a video of queues winding their way to the summit.
Mingma Gyabu, a record-breaking mountaineer and rescue climber, filmed dozens of climbers lining up to ascend a section of ice known as the bottleneck.
A British climber who reached the summit the same week said dry conditions meant mountaineers were playing “Russian roulette” with falling rocks.
In 2018 there were 62 successful attempts to reach the 8,611 meter (28,251 ft) peak, considered a large number at the time, and the number has grown in recent years. There have been almost 200 this summer alone, while Pakistani authorities have issued 475 permits for the