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CNN —An experienced Kenyan mountaineer died Wednesday and rescuers are still searching for the Nepali sherpa who was with him, after the team attempted to summit Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, according to the Nepali government and his employer. The body of 40-year-old Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui was found about 20 meters from the summit of the world’s highest mountain, an official of Nepal’s Department of Tourism told CNN. Kirui, a banker based in Nairobi, and the 44-year-old guide Nawang Sherpa were reported missing early Wednesday after going out of radio contact. A rescue team then began searching for them in camps and trails along the expansive mountain, Gautam told CNN. Spring is the prime time to climb Everest, although some mountaineers might climb in the less favorable autumn season.
Persons: Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui, , Gautam Khim Lal, Gautam, Kirui, … it’s, , Paul Russo, There’s, CNN’s Sugam Organizations: CNN, Nepali sherpa, Nepal’s Department of Tourism, Bank, Kenyan Locations: Kenyan, Nairobi, Nepal, Everest, Kenya, Manaslu, Mt Everest, Tibet, China
“They have become the fastest to climb all 14 peaks,” Tashi, told Reuters, quoting information from the base camp. Climbing all 14 highest peaks in a few months is a challenging feat, which is normally done by many climbers in years. They set the fastest climbing record by beating Nirmal Purja from Nepal who completed all peaks in six months and one week in 2019. "They have made a summit a short while ago," Madison told Reuters adding that the Norwegian woman was "extremely tough mentally and physically". One of the sherpas, the 17-year-old Nima Rinjin Sherpa, also becomes the youngest to climb K2, Tashi said.
Persons: Kristin Harila, Nepal’s Tenjen, Tashi Lakpa Sherpa, Tashi, Nirmal Purja, Cho Oyu, Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum, Garrett Madison, Madison, Nima Rinjin Sherpa, Gopal Sharma, Michael Perry Organizations: Seven, Guinness, Madison Mountaineering, Reuters, Thomson Locations: KATHMANDU, Norwegian, Pakistan, Kathmandu, , Nepal, Tibet, China, Annapurna, U.S
The Woman Who Inspired Me to Climb Higher
  + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Katie Arnold | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
On Oct. 15, hundreds gathered in Telluride, Colo., to celebrate the life of renowned ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson . Nelson, 49, died on Sept. 26 when she triggered a small avalanche while skiing off the 26,781-foot summit of Mount Manaslu in Nepal. The crowd read like a who’s-who from the world of climbing and adventure. Jimmy Chin, who won an Academy Award for his 2018 documentary “Free Solo,” shared stories of a long friendship. Nelson’s death triggered an outpouring of tributes from people around the world, most of whom, like me, didn’t know her personally.
Rescuers removed the body of Hilaree Nelson from a helicopter after it was recovered from Mount Manaslu, in Kathmandu on Wednesday. Hilaree Nelson , an acclaimed big-mountain skier, was found dead Wednesday after she went missing below the summit of Mount Manaslu in Nepal, according to a helicopter rescue team and her partner. Ms. Nelson, from Telluride, Colo., went missing Monday, according to her sponsor the North Face. Simrik Air Helicopter, a local helicopter company, recovered her body with the aid of Sherpas, according to Yogesh Sapkota , an official with the company.
Nelson's body was eventually found and retrieved on Wednesday, a spokesperson for Shangri-La Nepal Trek, the company that organized the expedition, told NBC News. The spokesperson said Nelson's body would be transported to Kathmandu. Tour company Elite Exped and mountaineer Nims Purja, its co-founder, said in an Instagram post that the company's team had successfully recovered Nelson's body. On Monday, an avalanche at a lower elevation on Mount Manaslu swept away several climbers, killing a Nepali guide and injuring others. Nepal’s government has issued permits to over 500 climbers looking to attempt to scale high mountain peaks during the autumn season, with most of them setting their sights on Mount Manaslu.
The body of US mountaineer and extreme skier Hilaree Nelson was found on Wednesday in the Himalayas. A rescue team recovered her body near the peak of Mount Manaslu , the eighth highest summit in the world. Mount Nelson, 49, went missing on Monday as she was attempting to sky down the summit with her partner. Nelson, 49, had gone missing on Monday after falling down the peak of the world's eighth highest peak, Mount Manaslu, per The New York Times. In 2018, they successfully skied down Lhotse, the world's fourth-highest mountain, which straddles Nepal and Tibet, per the Times.
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepalese rescuers in a helicopter were searching Tuesday for a famed U.S. ski climber a day after she fell off near the peak of the world’s eighth-highest mountain. Hilaree Nelson and fellow climber James Morrison in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Oct. 4, 2018. “Others injured ones have broken hands and feet.”Sherpa and his brother were flown by a rescue helicopter to HAMS Hospital in Kathmandu on Tuesday. We made two helicopter rescue attempts to find her but were unable,” Sherpa said. Nepal’s government has issued permits to 504 climbers to attempt to scale high mountain peaks during the autumn season.
Un prinţ din Bahrain, sosit în Nepal pentru a escalada Everestul, a ajuns în ţară cu 2.000 de doze de vaccin împotriva noului coronavirus fără aprobare oficială. Nepalul anchetează modul în care șeicul Mohamed Hamad Mohamed Al Khalifa a intrat țară având asupra sa cele 2.000 de doze, fără a obține în prealabil aprobare. Prințul, care a sosit luni la Kathmandu, intenţiona să doneze dozele de vaccin AstraZeneca unui sat, potrivit ambasadei Nepalului în Bahrain, relatează AFP, citată de Agerpres. Dozele de vaccin "au fost introduse însă în ţară fără a urma procedura necesară şi fără autorizarea prealabilă a biroului nostru. Nepalul şi-a început campania de vaccinare în luna ianuarie după ce a primit un milion de doze de vaccin AstraZeneca din India.
Persons: Șeicul, șeicul Mohamed Hamad Mohamed Al Khalifa, Prințul, intenţiona, Prinţul Organizations: Agerpres, Gărzii Regale, World Travel, Tourism Council Locations: Bahrain, Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepalului, Himalaya, India
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