Guan Jing was struck by falling rocks on Tuesday while descending K2, a day after reaching its summit, a government spokesperson said.

A recovery team set out on Thursday to retrieve the body of Guan Jing, a Chinese climber who died just a day after summiting K2, the world's second-highest mountain. According to a local official, Guan was killed by falling rocks on Tuesday while descending the perilous slopes of K2 in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region,

An unusually dry summer has worsened conditions on the world's second-tallest mountain, causing an increase in rockfalls and dangerous underfoot terrain