Two climbers die on Mount Everest in the first fatalities of the climbing season
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Kathmandu: A Swiss and an American climber have died on Mount Everest, hiking company officials said on Thursday, the first fatalities on the world’s highest peak this season.
Abdul Waraich, 41, of Switzerland and American Puwei Liu, 55, died of exhaustion while descending the slopes of the 8849 metre mountain on Wednesday, said Thaneshwar Guragai, a manager of the Seven Summit Treks company that provided support to the climbers.
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Two climbers die on Everest
Two climbers die on Everest
Kathmandu, May 13 (Prensa Latina) Mount Everest s climbing season resulted in its first two fatalities, a Swiss mountaineer and an US citizen, hiking company officials reported in Nepal on Thursday.
Swiss mountaineer Abdul Waraich, 41, and US citizen Puwei Liu, 55, died of exhaustion on Wednesday, while descending the slopes of the 8,849-meter-high mountain.
According to Seven Summit Treks Manager Thaneshwar Guragai, who was supporting the climbers, additional sherpas were sent with supplies and oxygen, but unfortunately they could not save them.
Waraich, who was on his way down after reaching the summit, died near the south summit.
Swiss among first Everest fatalities of the season
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A Swiss and an American have died on Mount Everest in the season s first casualties on the world s highest mountain, expedition organisers said on Thursday, as the Nepali region struggles with an escalating Covid-19 outbreak.
This content was published on May 13, 2021 - 12:16
May 13, 2021 - 12:16
Isobel Leybold-Johnson
Isobel trained as a journalist in Great Britain and speaks all three Swiss national languages. She reports on education for swissinfo.ch.
Both climbers died of exhaustion while descending the slopes of the mountain on Wednesday. The Swiss, who was 41 and from St Gallen in eastern Switzerland, had already reached the peak, but began experiencing issues as he came down. The US national had reached the Hillary Step, but had to return because of snow blindness and exhaustion.
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