K2 2019: Injured Porter at Urdokas

Shortly after we arrived at Urdokas, this poor fellow staggered into camp with a couple of his mates. He had been coming down from Concordia without load, and had slipped. He had a very ugly, gaping wound above his eye, in which were several large shards of glass from his shattered sunglasses. Fortunately Kristof is a gynacologist, used to performing surgery, so we were able to clean him up and dress his wound. In our countries he would have been kept in hospital over night and sent home in a car to rest. Here, he had a cup of tea and a few biscuits and set off again down to Paiju... Baltis are made of some strong stuff!
Injured Porter at Urdokas

Shortly after we arrived at Urdokas, this poor fellow staggered into camp with a couple of his mates. He had been coming down from Concordia without load, and had slipped. He had a very ugly, gaping wound above his eye, in which were several large shards of glass from his shattered sunglasses. Fortunately Kristof is a gynacologist, used to performing surgery, so we were able to clean him up and dress his wound. In our countries he would have been kept in hospital over night and sent home in a car to rest. Here, he had a cup of tea and a few biscuits and set off again down to Paiju...  

Baltis are made of some strong stuff!