Despite the pandemic, crowds are still lining up to summit Everest.
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Abdul Waraich, 41, of Switzerland and American Puwei Liu, 55, died of exhaustion while descending the slopes of the 8,848m mountain on Wednesday local time, said Thaneshwar Guragai, a manager of the Seven Summit Treks company that provided support to the climbers. Additional sherpas were sent with supplies and oxygen but unfortunately they could not save them, he told Reuters.
Waraich, who was on his way down after reaching the summit, died near the south summit, according to Chhang Dawa Sherpa, another official of the company.
Liu could not reach the summit of Everest and died on descent near a 7,900m camp at the South Col after suffering snow blindness and exhaustion, Sherpa said in his Instagram post.
ANI | Updated: May 13, 2021 18:22 IST
Kathmandu [Nepal] May 13 (ANI): Days after the Nepal government refuted reports of COVID-19 cases in mountain base camps, an expedition organizer in the Himalayan nation has said that there have been coronavirus cases among climbers and members of expedition teams this season.
Mingma Sherpa, chairman of Seven Summit Treks, Nepal s largest expedition agency which this year sent highest number of expedition teams, said there are positive cases but not with severe symptoms. Many of the climbers tested positive, their report now is negative and they have returned back to the mountains again. There are no serious cases (of coronavirus) in the mountains as of now. There are positive cases but not serious and nobody has died there due to the virus, Sherpa told ANI.
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