From the publisher’s rulebook

Who goes first in K2?

Rebel English rulebook, version 1.01

The player who was most recently in the mountains takes the starting player marker.

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Rule details

The first two phases of each turn are simultaneous. In the Action phase, the marker holder acts first, then play proceeds clockwise.

At the end of each turn, the marker passes to the player on the left.

If there’s a tie

The cited starting-player instruction does not specify a tie-break. We don’t infer one.

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