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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
CNN —A British climber and a Nepali guide have broken their own records for most climbs of Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain, hiking officials said on Sunday. Rakesh Gurung, director of Nepal’s Department of Tourism, said Britain’s Kenton Cool, 50, and Nepali guide Kami Rita Sherpa, 54, climbed the 8,849-meter (29,032 foot) peak for the 18th and 29th time, respectively. Madison had teamed up with Kami Rita to climb the summits of Everest, Lhotse, and K2 in 2014. Kenton Cool is an institution,” Furtenbach, who is leading an expedition from the Chinese side of Everest, told Reuters. Kami Rita first climbed Everest in 1994 and has done so almost every year since, except for three years when authorities closed the mountain for various reasons.
Persons: CNN —, Rakesh Gurung, Britain’s Kenton Cool, Rita Sherpa, ” Garrett Madison, Madison, Kami Rita, Lukas Furtenbach, Kenton Cool, ” Furtenbach, New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary, Tenzing, Rita Organizations: CNN, Nepal’s Department of Tourism, Madison Mountaineering, Austrian, Kenton, Reuters, Tenzing Norgay, Everest, Nepal Locations: British, Everest, U.S, Pakistan, Nepal, New Zealander, Nepal
CNN —Ahead of the 2024 Mount Everest season, Nepal has announced a new requirement that all climbers must rent and use tracking chips on their journey. “Reputed companies were already using them but now it’s been mandatory for all climbers,” Rakesh Gurung, director of Nepal’s department of tourism, told CNN. Once the climber returns, the chip will be removed, given back to the government, and saved for the next person. The majority of people who try to climb the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) Mount Everest do so via Nepal, paying $11,000 apiece just for the climbing permit. It can take as long as two months to complete the Mount Everest climb.
Persons: ” Rakesh Gurung, Gurung, Bigyan Koirala, Manveena Suri Organizations: CNN, Mount Everest, Sherpa, ” Department of Tourism, Reuters Locations: Nepal, , Everest, Malaysian
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