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Ammon
20-05-2025
- General
- Ammon
Indian and Romanian climbers die on Nepal's Mount Lhotse
Ammon News - An Indian and a Romanian climber died on Mount Lhotse in Nepal, one of the world's highest mountains, taking the total number of fatalities during this year's spring climbing season in the Himalayas to at least eight. Rakesh Kumar, a 39-year-old climber from India, died on Sunday while descending from the summit of Lhotse, which stands at 8,516m (27,940ft), according to Makalu Adventure, the expedition organiser. 'He was coming down from the 8,000m (26,246ft) high fourth camp when he suddenly collapsed,' said Mohan Lamsal, the managing director of the Nepali company. 'Efforts to revive him by his Sherpa guide failed.' On the same day, Romanian climber Barna Zsolt Vago, aged 48, died while ascending the mountain, said Mr Rajan Bhattarai of Himalayan Guides, the agency that handled his expedition.
Indian Express
20-05-2025
- Indian Express
Indian climber dies while descending from Mount Lhotse summit point
An Indian climber, and another one from Romania, died on Nepal's Mount Lhotse, news agency Reuters reported, citing hiking officials. Hailing from Rajasthan, 39-year-old Rakesh Bishnoi died on Sunday (May 18) after summiting the 8,516 m (27,940 ft) mountain peak, said Mohan Lamsal of Makalu Adventure, the Nepali company that organised his climb. 'He was coming down from the 8,000 metre (26,246 ft) high fourth camp when he suddenly collapsed,' Lamsal told Reuters. 'Efforts to revive him by his Sherpa guide failed.' Bishnoi breathed his last at Yellow Band near Camp IV while descending the world's fourth-highest mountain in the Himalayas. He climbed Mt Lhotse on Sunday after abandoning his Mt Everest bid. The efforts were reportedly underway to recover his body, said PTI, citing The Himalayan Times newspaper. Romanian TV journalist, Indian climber die on Lhotse, death toll reaches 4. More: — Everest Today (@EverestToday) May 19, 2025 Barna Zsolt Vago, one of Romanian national TV's most experienced videographers, also died on the same day as he was attempting to scale the Lhotse peak, said Rajan Bhattarai of his Himalayan Guides company. Lhotse, at 8,516 metres above sea level, is the world's fourth-tallest peak after Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga. Indian climber dies while descending from Mt Everest This comes after a 45-year-old Indian climber breathed his last while descending from the summit point of the world's highest peak, Mount Everest. The deceased climber was identified as Subrata Ghosh from West Bengal. Ghosh died on Saturday (May 17), just below the Hillary Step, according to The Himalayan Times newspaper. The 45-year-old showed signs of altitude sickness during his descent and refused to continue, said Bodhraj Bhandari, Managing Director at Snowy Horizon Treks. 'Ghosh refused to move while descending from the summit,' Bhandari quoted Ghosh's guide as saying.
The Star
20-05-2025
- The Star
Two climbers die on world's fourth tallest peak
An Indian climber and another from Romania died on Nepal's Mount Lhotse, the world's fourth tallest peak, hiking officials said, taking the season's death toll to at least eight. Rakesh Kumar, 39, from India, died on Sunday while climbing down from the 8,516m mountain's summit, said Mohan Lamsal of Makalu Adventure, the Nepali company that organised his climb. 'He was coming down from the 8,000m high fourth camp when he suddenly collapsed,' Lamsal said. 'Efforts to revive him by his Sherpa guide failed.' Meanwhile, Romania's Barna Zsolt Vago, 48, died on the same day when he was going up to the Lhotse peak, according to Rajan Bhattarai of his Himalayan Guides company. Further details of the incidents were not yet available. Fatal incidents are not rare as several people die during the March-May climbing season in Nepal every year. At least eight people have perished on the Himalayas in Nepal, including two on Mount Everest during the current climbing season which ends this month. — Reuters
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Everest: 135 Sunday Summits, Two Dead on Lhotse, Wind Alert
Yesterday, a whopping 135 climbers reached the top of Everest. More are following today in a rush to reach the summit and retreat as wind speeds increase. Neighboring Lhotse is equally busy, with some climbers aiming for a double-header by adding Everest from Camp 2. Two of the climbers targeting a double-header didn't make it back alive. The Nepal Department of Tourism counted 135 summits yesterday. After three intense days, the season's summit tally is already beyond 200. So far, the tourism department has granted climbing permits to 468 foreigners (86 women and 382 men), distributed between 47 teams. On May 17, Indian climber Rakesh Bishnoi abandoned his attempt on Everest, but he still wanted a summit. Yesterday, he went for Lhotse. He made it to the top but died during his descent before he could reach Camp 4, outfitter Makalu Adventure told The Himalayan Times. The paper also reported the death of Romanian cameraman Zsolt Vago, who passed away at the couloir leading to the summit of Lhotse. There were two more deaths on Everest last week. Illness or exhaustion has caused all this season's deaths on Everest and Lhotse so far. Yet, danger is always present. A Brazilian team had a scare in the Khumbu Icefall yesterday, when a small avalanche fell from the Lo Lha and covered them in snowdust. You can see a video of the event by climber Roberto Lucchese below: Lucchese describes the episode, which lasted about one minute, as one of the scariest moments of his life. He was unclipped from the ropes when the avalanche struck, and it took him about five seconds to react. "I tied myself up, turned around, and saw the wave of snow coming straight at me," Lucchese told When the snow wave stopped, the team proceeded safely to Camp 2. For those still aiming to summit, high winds will be a challenge. "The chief weather forecaster for Everest called this morning to warn everyone about a sudden weather change expected this afternoon," SummitClimb reported today. "Everyone is encouraged to evacuate the upper mountain and come down to the lower camps as a large windstorm is forecast to slam Everest in a few hours." SummitClimb clients had hoped to rest in Camp 4 today, but the increasing winds forced them to push for the summit. They took extra oxygen for the final climb, and six of them (three clients with three Sherpa guides) reached the top this morning. According to their latest update, they all made it back to Camp 4 and planned to continue down to Camp 3 or even Camp 2 today, escaping the wind. Pioneer Adventure told ExplorersWeb that this morning, Chhonzin Angmo, assisted by Dadu Sherpa and Om Gurung, became the first blind woman to summit Everest. They confirmed high winds on the upper sections. 8K Expeditions put 50 people on the summit today and posted a video showing climbers on the summit despite rising wind plumes on the ridge: At 5:30 am today, the Furtenbach Adventures team achieved the first non-Chinese Everest summits from the North Side. They also report their South Side teams reached the top and are on the way down. The next two days should be quieter. The first wave of climbers has summited and left, and the wind is expected to remain strong. Marc De Keyser of Weather4Expeditions forecast that today's winds will probably prevent climbers from approaching the summit, although conditions will be better at Camp 4 and below. "From May 20, the jet stream winds are expected to increase past the limit [of what would be safe for climbers] above 7,000m," De Keyser warned. He noted that the windy spell will last until midday on May 21. If he is correct, we could see more summits then. However, windspeed at summit altitude is proving difficult to forecast, and some teams may be ready and waiting in higher camps to launch their summit pushes as soon as they see acceptable conditions. The 7 Days Everest Mission team, hoping to summit Everest in a week door-to-door, is in Camp 3. They will likely try to reach the summit on May 21. Marcelo Segovia of Ecuador, planning to climb Everest without supplementary oxygen, is leaving Base Camp today. Possibly, Segovia is calculating the time he needs to climb from camp to camp to launch a summit bid when the winds decrease. Tim Howell of the UK, planning to wingsuit fly from 8,300m on the Lhotse ridge, was at Camp 4, according to the team's latest update. It is unlikely he will attempt the exit in the current wind conditions. Sky-runners Tyler Andrews of the U.S. and Karl Egloff of Ecuador, both aiming to set the fastest known time (FKT) on Everest without supplementary oxygen, are among those waiting for better weather. Andrews aims for the Base Camp to summit FKT, which he wants to do in less than 20 hours, and Egloff hopes to complete a return trip FKT. Egloff posted today from Lukla, where he has retreated for some rest, good food, and oxygen-rich air. He is positive he will then return stronger at the end of this week. "By then, there will be no more people, the temperature rises days before the season closes, and the route will be perfect," Egloff wrote.
Gulf Today
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Gulf Today
British climber breaks own record with 19th Everest summit
British climber Kenton Cool successfully climbed Mount Everest for the nineteenth time on Sunday, extending his own record for the most summits of the world's highest mountain by a non-Nepali. More than 50 climbers have reached the summit since the spring climbing season began this month, taking advantage of a brief spell of good weather and typically calmer winds. Mountain guide Cool, 51, first climbed Everest in 2004 and has since had an expedition almost every year taking clients up the world's highest peak. "Kenton summited Everest for the 19th time at 11am Nepalese time (0515 GMT) on Sunday," a post on his Instagram account said. His 15th summit in 2021 tied him with American Dave Hahn for the most summits by a non-Nepali climber, and his summit the following year gave him a solo title. Cool was once told he would not walk unaided again after a rock-climbing accident in 1996 that broke both his heel bones. He told AFP in a 2022 interview after his 16th ascent that his Everest record was "not that amazing" in the context of Nepali climbers' achievements. Kenton Cool, 51, first climbed Everest in 2004 and has since had an expedition almost every year taking clients up the world's highest peak. Instagram photo "I'm really surprised by the interest... considering that so many of the Sherpas have so many more ascents," he said then. Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa, 55, is also attempting to break his own world record for the most Everest summits with his 31st climb. Cool's latest summit comes after at least two people — a Filipino and an Indian climber — died on Mount Everest this week. INDIAN, ROMANIAN CLIMBERS DIED ON NEPAL'S MOUNT LHOTSE Meanwhile, two climbers from Romania and India have died on Nepal's Mount Lhotse, the world's fourth highest peak, officials said Monday, taking the number of fatalities this season to at least nine. Romania's Barna Zsolt Vago, 48, died on Sunday as he was ascending the 8,516-metre (27,940-foot) mountain, Liladhar Awasthi of Nepal's tourism department told AFP. He was not using supplemental oxygen. On the same day an Indian climber, Rakesh Kumar, 39, died between Camp 3 and Camp 4 as he was descending after a successful summit. "Our guides are trying to bring his body back," Prakash Acharya of Makalu Adventure, his expedition organiser, told AFP. Nepal has issued 458 permits to mountaineers this season and a city of tents hosting foreign climbers and support staff has built up at the foot of Everest. Most Everest hopefuls are escorted by a Nepali guide, meaning more than 900 climbers will tread the path to the summit this season. Nepal is home to eight of the world's 10 highest peaks and welcomes hundreds of adventurers each spring. A climbing boom has made mountaineering a lucrative business since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa made the first ascent in 1953. Last year more than 800 climbers made it to the peak of Everest, including 74 from the northern Tibet side. Agence France-Presse
