Ms Kristin Harila said she and her team “did everything we could for him at the time”. Read more at straitstimes.com.
has addressed controversy after critics accused her of walking over a dying sherpa to set her record.
Ms Harila and her Nepali guide, Mr Tenjin “Lama” Sherpa, became the fastest people to summit all 14 of the world’s 8,000m mountains on July 27 after reaching the top of K2 in Pakistan’s Himalayas. But controversy emerged on social media after drone footage shared by other climbers showed Ms Harila’s team and others on a narrow, harrowing passage, stepping over the body of a fallen sherpa from another team, who later died during Ms Harila’s ascent.“Nobody will remember your sporting success, only your inhumanity,” wrote one critic on Instagram.
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