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Connecticut Man Dies Climbing Mount Everest © AFP via Getty Images The Mount Everest (height 8848.86 meters) is seen in the Everest region of Solukhumbu district on April 25, 2021. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP) (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP via Getty Images) A Connecticut man and a Swiss climber have died on Mount Everest, the season's first fatalities on the world's highest mountain, expedition organizers said Thursday. Puwei Liu, 55, died at the highest camp on the mountain at South Col. He had reached the climbing feature named the Hillary Step, located between South Col and the summi...

Two Everest climbers died high on the mountain during their summit bids yesterday. Over 50 other climbers summited successfully the same day. Both climbers were being guided by Seven Summits Treks, whose cofounder Chhang Dawa Sherpa posted about the deaths on social media. Abdul Waraich, 40, of Switzerland, died near the 28,500-foot South Summit. “Mr. Abdul successfully reached the summit but began experiencing issues during his descent. We sent two additional Sherpas with oxygen and foods, unfortunately Sherpas couldn’t save him,” wrote Dawa Sherpa. Although Dawa Sherpa attribu...

Puwei Liu, 55, a Connecticut-based Henkel employee, was one of two deaths on Mount...

Reply Two people died on Mount Everest this week. (Patch graphic) GLASTONBURY, CT — A Glastonbury resident died during a climbing expedition on Mount Everest this week, according to the New Haven Register. The Register reported Puwei Liu, 55, was one of two people who died Wednesday on Mount Everest. Abdul Waraich of Switzerland also died. They were the first fatalities this season on the world's highest peak. Both men died of exhaustion, according to Chhang Dawa Sherpa. Subscribe Dawa, director of Seven Summit Treks, wrote in a post on Facebook that Waraich died near the South Summit. Dawa...

An American man climbing Mount Everest became one of the season’s first casualties when he died Wednesday night. Puwei Liu, identified only as a U.S. national, had reached the climbing feature named the Hillary Step, between South Col and the summit, but had to turn back due to snow blindness and exhaustion, according to Chhang Dawa of the expedition organizer, Seven Summit Treks, in Nepal. Sherpas helped Liu back to South Col, but were unable to save him. A Swiss climber, 41-year-old Abdul Waraich, also died after reaching the peak. “We sent two additional Sherpas with oxygen and f...