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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Mount Shishapangma is seen from Baiku Lake in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Sept. 2, 2023. American climber Gina Marie Rzucidlo and a Nepalese mountain guide Tenjen Sherpa are missing, the news agency said. Sherpa was one half of a duo who shattered the record for the fastest climb of the 14 mountains more than 8,000 meters high in July this year. He wanted to become the youngest climber to scale all 14 peaks twice.
FILE- Nepal sherpa guide Tenjen Sherpa, 35, during an interview with the Associated Press in Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 9, 2023. Tenjen Sherpa and American climber Gina Marie Rzucidlo are reported missing after avalanches struck Tibet’s Mount Shishapangma. on Saturday afternoon at 7,600 and 8,000 meters in altitude, according to state-owned Xinhua News Agency.
The avalanches also seriously injured Nepalese mountain guide Karma Geljen Sherpa, who was escorted down the mountain by rescuers and is in stable condition. A total of 52 climbers from various countries including the U.S., Britain, Japan and Italy were attempting to summit the mountain when the avalanches hit, Xinhua said. Climbing activities on Shishapangma have since been suspended due to snow conditions.October is a popular time to trek the Himalayas as it’s after the rainy monsoon season, but experts have cautioned that climate change has increased the risk of avalanches in the region.
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