Three Indian climbers and one Nepali guide died on Mount Everest in the past cou...
KATHMANDU - Three Indian climbers and one Nepali guide died on Mount Everest in the past couple of days, taking to seven the total number killed or missing on the world’s highest mountain in this year’s climbing season, Nepali officials said on Friday.
The Indian man who died, also while descending, was Nihal Ashpak Bagwan, 27, from India’s western city of Pune. Lhakpa Sherpa of another agency, Arun Treks and Expeditions, said his client, Kulkarni, died of weakness while coming down to Camp IV on the South Col of Everest.Nepal has issued permits to 379 climbers on Mount Everest in the season, which ends this month.
FILE PHOTO: A trekker stands in front of Mount Everest, which is 8,850 meters high , at Kala Patthar in Solukhumbu District May 7, 2014. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo
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