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Everest through the eyes of a Sherpa: 'Climbers need to wake up’
BBC Nepali, Kathmandu
At least 11 people have died trying to climb Mount Everest this year. Kami Rita Sherpa, who's been to the world's highest summit more times than anyone else, tells the BBC too many climbers are led to believe Everest is easy.
On 13 May, exhausted and struggling to breathe, a Chinese climber in her early 30s staggered into Camp 3. At 7,162m (23,500ft) it was higher than she had ever climbed before. But the expedition was not going to plan and her dream of scaling Everest was slipping away.
Helping the woman, who did not want to be named, with her oxygen mask was the group's leader, Kami Rita Sherpa. Not just any mountain guide, but the world-record holder for summiting Everest - he notched up his 24th ascent to the summit later that month.
"I always try to make sure every client succeeds to the summit," says Kami. "But there is a line. The moment I realise that any of my clients will not make it, I will abort the mission."
Even from the outset, Kami saw that his client was struggling. Days earlier, she took 19 hours, twice the expected time, to trek from Base Camp to Camp 2. When sh
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Nepalese Ang Rita Sherpa: Everest record-breaker dies aged 72
A prominent Nepali mountaineer, who became picture first obtain in rendering world abrupt climb Duty Everest 10 times evade bottled gas, has convulsion aged 72.
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Obituary: Nepal’s ‘Snow Leopard’ Ang Rita who set Everest record
Ang Rita, the legendary Nepali Sherpa guide known as “Snow Leopard”, has died at the age of 72 after a long illness.
Rita was the first person to climb Mount Everest 10 times without bottled oxygen, a feat for which he was honoured in his home country of Nepal and earned international fame.
He suffered from health problems for many years and had not done any climbing since setting the Everest record in 1996. His daughter, Dolma Lhamo, said he died in his sleep on Monday at their home on the outskirts of Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu.
“During his time, he was the strongest climber in the world and a star,” his close friend and Nepal Mountaineering Association president, Ang Tshering Sherpa, told AFP.
This is a big loss for the mountaineering community.
by Ang Tshering Sherpa, Nepal Mountaineering Association president
“This is a big loss for the mountaineering community.”
Nepal’s Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli expressed his condolences.
“I am saddened by the demise of legendary Ang Rita Sherpa… I express my heartfelt condolence to his family and well-wishers. His records will always be remembered,” he tweeted.
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