US Climber Dies While Climbing Mount Everest, 4th Death This Season
The 69-year-old mountaineer was on an acclimatisation rotation at around 6,400 metres (21,000 feet) when he died on Monday
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The 69-year-old mountaineer was on an acclimatisation rotation at around 6,400 metres (21,000 feet) when he died on Monday
KATHMANDU: A US mountaineer has died on Everest in the fourth fatality on the world's highest peak this climbing season. Jonathan Sugarman, 69, was on an acclimatisation rotation at around 6,400m when he died on Monday (May 1), his expedition organiser said. "He was feeling unwell and passed away
The 69-year old was at about 21,000 feet and wasn't feeling well when he died, the company says. He was the first foreigner to lose his life on the world's highest mountain this season.
Retired doctor Jonathan Sugarman of Seattle died at Camp 2 on Monday, May 1