At the end of December a Japanese expedition managed to climb to immense south face but was forced to abandon the summit ... with seven 8000m peaks to his name, including k2 via the W ridge in October ...

K2 has often flashed its savage side ... at the edge of a line of seracs that are a prominent feature of the South Face. The body, wearing red clothing, seemed to be Hargreaves.

A Port Dickson-born adventurer became the first South-East Asian to summit the world’s second-highest peak, K2, a deadly mountain that some think makes Everest looks like child’s play.