An experienced Kenyan mountaineer died Wednesday and rescuers are still searching for the Nepali sherpa who was with him, after the team attempted to summit Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen.
mountaineer died Wednesday and rescuers are still searching for the Nepali sherpa who was with him, after the team attempted to summitThe body of 40-year-old Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui was found about 20 metres from the summit of the world's highest mountain, an official of Nepal's Department of Tourism told CNN.
Kirui's body was discovered on Wednesday night local time in Nepal, at about 8,830 metres above sea level. "And so after heavy investment physically, mentally, timewise , financially … it's now the moment of truth," he wrote.Kirui's body was discovered on Wednesday night local time in Nepal, at about 8,830 metres above sea level.
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