Kenyan climber goes missing during Mt. Everest expedition
Ngima Tashi Sherpa walks as he carries a Malaysian climber while rescuing him from the death zone above camp four at Everest, Nepal, May 18, 2023 in this screengrab obtained from a handout video. Gelje Sherpa/Handout via REUTERS
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Kenyan mountain climber and his guide went missing on Wednesday during an
expedition of Mt. Everest.
Officials
from Seven Summit Treks (SST), a mountaineering company based in Kathmandu,
Nepal, reportedly lost contact with Cheruiyot Kirui and his Sherpa guide at Bishop Rock, located at an altitude of 8,000 metres.
The mountaineering
company's CEO Mingma Sharpa told local authorities that the missing duo attempted
to scale the mountain without using supplemental oxygen.
"Kirui, a banker
working with KCB, and his Sherpa guide Nawang were last contacted at the Bishop
Rock," Sherpa is quoted as saying by the Hindustan Times.
"Kirui showed an
abnormal behaviour with his guide."
SST has since mobilised
a search party to look for the duo.
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