KATHMANDU, MAY 16
A Sherpa climber died while descending from the summit point on Mt Everest, sources said.
Nepal Army sources confirmed that Phurba Sherpa from Sankhuwasabha breathed his last near Yellow Band above Camp III. He was part of the Nepal Army Mountain Clean-up campaign.
A military officer who fell ill above 8,000m on Mt Everest while descending from the summit point is being rescued by a group of Sherpa climbers, sources at the base camp said.
Nepal Army Captain Dipendra Singh Khatri couldn't move below the south summit after he returned from the roof of the world, sources said.
Sherpa and Khatri, being a part of the Mountain Clean-up Campaign expedition led by Lt Colonel Kishor Adhikari, scaled Everest at 10:05 am on Monday. Cause of Sherpa's death is still unknown.
Rescuers are now bringing down Khatri to Camp III and his condition is stable, sources said. The Captain would be airlifted from the high camp tomorrow, it added.
Other members of the team have already descended to the lower camps.
Earlier, an American doctor and three Sherpa climbers died while attempting climb Mt Everest this season.
