Quebec Climber Richard Cartier Dies While Climbing K2, World’s Second Highest Peak

A photo of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, is displayed on a cellphone in Islamabad, Pakistan, Feb. 9, 2021. The Canadian Press/AP/Anjum Naveed

A Quebec mountaineer has died while climbing K2, the world’s second highest mountain.

Richard Cartier, an experienced climber in his 60s from St-Jérôme, north of Montreal, died climbing the 8,611-metre high mountain located in Pakistan.