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Kangchenjunga: One Climber Dead, Another Stranded in Camp 4
Margareta Morin of France died on Kangchenjunga yesterday. At 63, this was her first 8,000'er. Meanwhile, British climber Adrian Hayes is seriously sick in Camp 4, and bad weather has thwarted attempts to rescue him. Once again, expedition operators reported the summits on May 10 but didn't mention any problems. Adrian Hayes was listed in the summit report, alongside Uta Ibrahimi, who completed her 14x8,000m list and is safely back in Base Camp. Morin never made it to the summit. Yogendra Tamang from the outfitter Peak 15 Adventure told The Himalayan Times that Morin fell ill during her summit push and passed away at 7,800m. IFMGA guide Tendi Sherpa guided Morin. Adrian Hayes fell sick with serious acute mountain sickness symptoms on the upper sections of Kangchenjunga while descending from the summit. Climbers brought him to Camp 4. "Once the weather allows, we will evacuate him from the lower camps," Chhang Dawa Sherpa of Seven Summit Treks told The Himalayan Times. Hayes, 64, is a well-known explorer and speaker in the UK. He has summited Everest and made trips to the North and South Poles in a record one year and 217 days, between 2006 and 2007. In 2014, he summited K2. He has also made a north-to-south traverse of Greenland's Icecap and crossed the Arabian desert on foot and camel, following in the footsteps of British explorer Sir William Thesiger. Before Kangchenjunga, he attempted Pumori. A group of climbers launched a Kangchenjunga summit push on May 8, taking advantage of a weather window, even though ropes were not fixed to the summit. The day before, the team responsible for laying the ropes, led by EliteExped's Nirmal Purja, had to turn around in rapidly worsening weather. They were roughly 150-200 vertical meters below the summit. EliteExped posted about the decision on their social media. Purja, one of Elite Exped's directors and the company founder, said: "The team set around 11,000m of rope from Base Camp toward the summit, but unfortunately, we were forced to turn back just short of the summit because of the extreme conditions. Safety is 100% the priority. The conditions were extremely challenging, it was a full-on whiteout and extremely cold. We made the right choice to prioritize safety, and 100% of the team is safe and no one suffered injuries." Asked by ExplorersWeb, Purja confirmed that his team intended to return to the higher sections of Kangchenjunga and finish the rope-fixing work "after potentially three days, weather depending." "If other teams go up on a summit push in the meantime, they do this in full knowledge that ropes are fixed almost all the way to the summit, but not to the final summit point," Purja wrote. "This is a risk they have to calculate, and it is their decision." But according to an SMS sent by Uta Ibrahimi over Inreach, the climbers who launched their summit push last weekend only found out the ropes were not ready as they reached Camp 3. The SMS is reproduced below, without edits: Still same drama with fixing! Once we know fixing summit, and after on SM we understand that the fixing is not completed! We r on summit push.
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Sport
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US mountaineer who claims to have climbed Everest in quickest time ever from sea to summit arrested in Nepal over cash smuggling allegations
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A Ukrainian-American mountaineer, who claimed to have made the fastest ascent of Mount Everest from sea level, has been accused of money smuggling. According to The Himalayan Times, Andrew Ushakov was detained at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu for illegally carrying a large sum of undeclared foreign currency. He was reportedly stopped at the airport on May 25 while carrying $20,000 cash. He was then arrested by the Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) for attempting to board a Turkish Airlines flight to the US. The DRI alleges he was trying to smuggle the undeclared foreign currency out of Nepal. Ushakov, a client of Nims Purja's Elite Exped, claims to have gone from New York to Everest summit in just 3 days, 23 hours and 27 minutes using only supplementary oxygen. He has not posted on his Instagram account since he shared photos of his summit journey (above) on May 23. According to The Himalayan Times, Ushakov, who works as a structural engineer and was a relatively unknown climber, had hidden the cash in his luggage when it was discovered by police during baggage scanning. They said he claimed he had originally brought the money from the US and intended to take it back after summiting Mount Everest. He has reportedly been issued with a $60,000 fine for violating foreign currency regulations. On May 26, Ushakov remained in custody, having apparently not paid the fine. Nims Purja and the Elite Exped team are reported to have intervened to try to facilitate his fast release. Currently the Department of Tourism (DoT), under the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, is investigating Ushakov's claims of the record ascent, along with four British climbers who used xenon gas and hypoxic tents to avoid the need for traditional slower acclimatization methods. Ushakov had attempted to make a fast ascent of Everest in 2024, reaching 8,500m (27,880ft) before developing a vision problem. He failed to complete the climb that time. The best winter hiking boots: for unbeatable performance in the cold The best ice axes: for tackling frozen terrain
India Today
20-05-2025
- General
- India Today
Indian climber dies on Mt Lhotse, world's fourth-highest peak: Report
An Indian climber died after summiting Mount Lhotse, the world's fourth-highest mountain in the Himalayas, according to a media Bishnoi from Rajasthan breathed his last at Yellow Band near Camp IV after returning from the summit point on Lhotse on Monday, The Himalayan Times newspaper climbed Mt Lhotse after abandoning his Mt Everest bid on Sunday, the paper quoted Nepalese climbing guides as They said that he died near Yellow Band on were underway to recover his body, the paper 8,516 metres above sea level, Lhotse is the fourth-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest, K2, and Lhotse is located in the Himalayas, straddling the border between Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Vago, one of the most experienced videographers of Romanian national TV, also breathed his last while attempting to climb Lhotse on this month, two foreigners - a Filipino and an Indian climber- died while attempting to climb Mt Everest.
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.
New Indian Express
20-05-2025
- Sport
- New Indian Express
Indian climber dies while returning from Mt Lhotse summit point: Report
KATHMANDU: An Indian climber died after summiting Mt Lhotse, the world's fourth highest mountain in the Himalayas, according to a media report. Rakesh Bishnoi from Rajasthan breathed his last at Yellow Band near Camp IV after returning from the summit point on Lhotse on Monday, The Himalayan Times newspaper reported. Bishnoi climbed Mt Lhotse after abandoning his Mt Everest bid on Sunday, the paper quoted Nepalese climbing guides as saying. They said that he died near Yellow Band on descent. Efforts were underway to recover his body, the paper said.
