The area from which the two men fell is known as the “death zone.”
A British man and his Nepalese guide are believed to have died after reaching the summit of Mount Everest on Tuesday. According to BBCDaniel Paterson, 39, from Wakefield, and guide Pastenji Sherpa, 23, reached the top of the mountain but then “fell towards the Tibet side down a very vertical slope”.
The area from which the two men fell is known as the “death zone.” According to Fox NewsThe “death zone” is the area of the mountain above 26,000 feet, where low oxygen levels can lead to impaired judgment, severe altitude sickness, and death after a prolonged period.
The duo was part of a group of 15 people who reached the summit of the world’s highest mountain, topping out at 29,032 feet.
Mount Everest adventure company 8K Expeditions, which organized the expedition, said it was “caught by a sudden snow cornice collapse which affected the climbing group”.
“Despite exhaustive search efforts, we regret to confirm that Daniel and Pastenji could not be recovered from the following incident,” the company wrote in an Instagram post. The company said recovering their bodies was difficult because rescuers could not access that side of the mountain and helicopters could not fly there.
“On May 21, at 4:40 a.m., Daniel Paterson successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest – a monumental feat and a testament to his strength and determination. Tragically, during his descent, Daniel disappeared, and he “There has been no contact or sighting of him since,” his partner, Becks Woodhead, wrote on a crowdfunding page this week.
A spokesperson for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said: “We are supporting the family of a British man missing in Nepal and are in contact with local authorities.”
At least five other people attempting to reach the summit of Mount Everest have died trying in the past two weeks, according to the New York Post. A Kenyan and Nepalese climber also died near the summit of Everest, tourism officials said.
Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui, 40, and his Nepalese guide Nawang Sherpa, 44, lost contact on Wednesday morning and a search team was deployed to the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) mountain.
“The team found the Kenyan climber dead between the summit and Hillary Step, but his guide is still missing,” Khim Lal Gautam, head of the base camp tourism department office, told AFP.
Nepal has issued more than 900 permits for its mountains this year, including 419 for Everest, earning more than $5 million in royalties.
More than 500 climbers and their guides have already reached the summit of Everest after a team of rope climbers reached the summit last month. Nepal is home to eight of the world’s ten highest peaks and welcomes hundreds of adventurers each spring, when temperatures are warm and winds generally calm. More than 600 climbers reached the summit of Everest last year, but it was also the deadliest season on the mountain, with 18 deaths.
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