An Indian and Filipino climber has died while going up Mount EverestSince hundreds of climbers try to climb the highest peak in the world, the organizers of the expedition said on Friday.
The Indian climber, identified as Subrarata Ghosh, died on Thursday just below the peak summit of 29,032 feet while returning from the top.
The other climber, identified as Philipp Santiago, 45, of the Philippines, died on Wednesday while heading to the summit. He had reached camp 4, which is the highest camp in the mountain, and was prepared for the final commitment to reach the summit.
Bodha Bhandari Bodha of the expedition and expedition of Snowy Horizon based in Nepal, which equipped and organized the expedition, said that the bodies were still on the mountain and that it had not yet been decided if and while they would be shot down.
Recovering bodies is exhaustive and difficult, since many people lead them to drag them on the icy slopes of the mountain. Many victims are within the “Death zone,“Where thin air and low oxygen levels increase the risk of altitude wing.
The spring climbing season begged in March and ends at the end of May.
May is the best month to upload the peak and climbers obtain only a few opportunities when climatic conditions improve, allowing enough time to try to climb the peak.
Everest was scaled for the first time in 1953 by the Neozelandro Edmund Hillary and Nepali Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. More than 300 people have died at Everest since then.
Several climbers died in the recent region. Earl this week, a French woman died Trying to climb the third highest mountain in the world, Kankenjunga, while British Media reported that a climber from the United Kingdom in the same peak was rescued.
Last week, American climber Alexander Pancoe died While trying Mount Makalu, the fifth highest mountain in the world. Pancoe, an accomplished climber and graduate from the Northwestern University, had survived a brain tumor when he was younger, CBS Chicago reported.
An Austrian climber died as the Dablam Ama of 6,812 meters from Nepal descended last month.
Nepal is home to eight of the 10 highest peaks in the world and welcomes hundreds of climbers every year that last the seasons of spring climbing and autumn. It has already issued more than 1,000 permits for its mountains this season.
Agance France-Presse contributed to this report.