The Pakistan Army rescued 38-year-old American mountaineer Robert Jackson from K2 base camp earlier this week, from Inter Services Public Relations. “He suffered height sickness enroute to K2,” reads the press release.Jackson was subsequently transported to Skardu for treatment. His 27-member team arrived in Pakistan in mid-June for an expedition to summit K2.
Due to avalanche concerns following , most of the mountaineering teams that have arrived at K2 base camp decided to move to nearby Broad Peak for the remainder of the acclimatization process, .