A CHINESE climber renowned among her peers for her warmth and friendliness, as well as her handstand antics on a recent expedition, has died, Kwong Wah Yit Poh reported.
Guan Jing, 38, from Hunan province was struck by falling rocks while descending K2, the second highest mountain in the world, in the Pakistan-China region on Tuesday.
The report stated that Pakistani authorities were searching for the remains of the victim despite facing bad weather.
It also said her mountain climbing peers had confirmed the tragedy.
Guan, who was a yoga practitioner, had reached the K2 summit along with a group of climbers and sherpas from China, United States, Romania, Nepal and Pakistan the day before her death.
In May last year, Guan stunned the world when she made a handstand for 20 seconds at the summit of the world’s highest mountain – Mount Everest – after completing her ascent.
Reports said historical records since 1953 showed that no one had succeeded doing such antics at the summit.
> Sin Chew Daily reported that Malaysian singer Firdhaus Farmizi has been nominated for three songs in the Best Local Chinese Song category of the Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM) 2024 awards.
This means that the 26-year-old Johor-born singer has a two-third probability of winning the award.
There are only five songs nominated for the category, namely Eternal Friendship, Imperfection and Divorce In Ghana by Firdhaus as well as Beyond The Stars by Uriah See and The Ideal Adult In Our Heart by Brian Chew and Tan Yin Ern.
The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.
