KATHMANDU, MAY 22
A Romanian climber died at Camp III while two others went missing from above 8,000m on Mt Everest, expedition organisers said.
According to Mohan Lamsal, Managing Director at Makalu Adventure, Gabriel Tabara of Romania was found dead inside his tent at Camp III yesterday. Tavara, 48, was attempting to climb Lhotse without using supplementary oxygen. He climbed Manaslu in 2021, according to Lamsal.
On Mt Everest, a Kenyan climber and his Sherpa guide went out of contact from above 8,000m since this morning.
According to Mingma Sherpa, Chairman at Seven Summit Treks, Cheruiyot Kirui who attempted scale Everest without using supplemental oxygen remained out of contact from the Bishop Rock, a few metres below the summit point.
"Kirui, a banker working with KCB, and his Sherpa guide Nawang were last contacted at the Bishop Rock," Sherpa said.
Kirui, who wanted to climb Everest without supplemental oxygen, showed an abnormal behaviour with his guide, Sherpa quoted Nawang as saying. "Then, the duo went out of contact," he added. SST has mobilized two Sherpa rescuers to search for them. "They have reached above balcony area," he added.
Earlier, two climbers fell down and went missing near Hillary step on Mt Everest since yesterday morning
According to a source at the base camp, Daniel Paul Peterson from UK and Pas Tenji Sherpa from Makalu fell down when a section of route in the Hillary section below the summit point collapsed yesterday morning. Search for the missing climbers is underway.
Mongolian climbers - Usukhjargal Tsedendamba and Prevsuren Lkhagvajav - died above 8,500m while descending from the summit point on May 13.
