K2 Summit: Climbers recovered body of Pakistani porter from K2 mountain, a climbing federation confirmed Tuesday, a year after he died while other climbers made a record-breaking ascent.

Muhammad Hassan Shigri slipped and fell from the most dangerous pass during a night climb and was left dangling upside down on a rope before fellow climbers were able to pull him up and attempt to revive him. He died on the pass known as the “Bottleneck” as dozens of climbers in different teams continued towards the summit. The climbers included Norwegian record-breaker Kristin Harila who, along with her Nepali guide Tenjin “Lama” Sherpa, that night became the fastest person to summit the world’s 14 highest mountains. “The rescue team made history and turned the impossible into possible,” Karrar Haidri, Secretary of the Alpine Club of Pakistan told AFP of recovery of Shigri’s body. He said it was an “unprecedented rescue, the first of its kind on K2”. The recovery was completed by a team of five climbers led by Naila Kiani, a Pakistani high-altitude mountaineer who was contacted by Shigri’s family and backed by the Pakistan Army. Shigri’s body was returned to his family for burial.