Mt Everest Expedition Claims Another Life! 58-Year-Old Indian Woman Dies While Descending
The death toll has increased to 13, on different mountains above the height of 8000 metres this spring climbing season.
Kathmandu, May 23: Scaling the Mt Everest is one of the most difficult tasks. Climbing the highest peak has resulted in people's deaths and a 58-year-old woman from Mumbai has lost her life. Anjali S Kulkarni breathed her last at Camp IV and lost her life because she fell ill while descending on May 18. The death toll has increased to 13, on different mountains above the height of 8000 metres this spring climbing season, as per the expedition organisers. The officials mentioned that efforts are on to recover her body from the camp. Dead Bodies Appear on Mt Everest; Climate Change Cause Melting Glaciers, Exposing Corpses of Unfortunate Climbers.
Anjali was accompanied by her husband Sharad Kulkarni. They were returning from the summit point when the tragic incident took place. The duo had successfully completed their ascend on Mt Everest but while descending Mrs Kulkarni's health became weak. According to the Department of Tourism, the duo was a part of a 6-member expedition that was led by Rabindra Kumar. Indian Mountaineer Dies In Nepal, Third In As Many Days.
In the recent two weeks itself, the treacherous trek has claimed 3-4 lives. Ravi Thakar another Indian also breathed his last while returning from the Everest summit last week. Donald Lynn Cash from Utah also lost his life on the same route on the same day. As per the data given by the expedition organisers, the season saw 13 fatal incidents, 3 on Mt Kanchenjunga and 3 Mt Makalu. The other peaks of Mr Lhotse, Mt Annapurna and Mt Cho Oyu also registered one death each.
Scaling the Mt Everest requires a lot of training and physical endurance as the weather can get really drastic. The oxygen levels also get lower making it difficult to breathe and cause other problems. Thus it is advised to always train hard and go only with an experienced group.
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