NYC banking exec dead after hiking Wyoming peak six times during ‘Everesting' endurance challenge
Slava Leykind, 43, of Westport, Connecticut, went into cardiac arrest after competing in the event at Snow King Mountain in Jackson Hole late last month.
The endurance-style event sees hikers repeatedly trek 1,500 feet up the mountain to match climbing Mount Everest — the world's tallest peak at 29,032 feet.
3 Connecticut banker, Slava Leykind, with his wife and children
Amy Keller Leykind / Facebook
3 Flat Creek and the Snow King ski resort in Jackson, Wyoming.
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Leykind managed to complete six laps before first responders were called in and he was rushed to the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho where he died on July 2, Jackson Hole News & Guide reported.
His cause of death was a 'an electrolyte imbalance causing cardiac arrest,' the Teton County Coroner said.
Leykind, who lived in Westport with his wife and their three kids, was an exec at the New York City-based investment bank, CG Sawaya Partners, where he'd worked for two decades, according to his LinkedIn.
3 Dad of three Slava Leykind died during an endurance challenge.
Amy Keller Leykind / Facebook
'Despite his significant professional success at a young age, Slava's role as a husband and father was his greatest achievement, passion and pride,' his obituary said.
'He fervently supported his children, bringing love and a sense of calm to the wonderful chaos of a full house.'
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