Australian and Canadian climbers have died in northern Pakistan while climbing Mount K2, the second highest peak in the world.

The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced the death of Matthew Aiken, expressing condolences to his family and friends. His body was discovered during a drone search.

A spokesman for Pakistani mountaineering, as well as the Canadian press, also reported that the body of veteran climber Richard Cartier (60), who went missing in a separate accident while attempting to summit the same summit on July 19, had finally been found in a search. team.

And last week, a third Afghan climber, Ali Akbar Saki, died on the summit of K2.

This peak, which is located on the Sino-Pakistani border in the Karakoram mountain range, has one of the deadliest records, as most climbers die during the descent, because the slightest mistake can trigger an avalanche, which in turn leads to death.