A US climber has died on his way to scale Mount Everest
“Jonathan Sugarman died at Camp 2 after he began to feel unwell,” Pasang Sherpa told CNN on Tuesday. Seattle-based Sugarman was part of an expedition arranged by Washington state-based International Mountain Guides with Beyul Adventure handling the local logistics. Sherpa added that “his body remains at Camp 2 with the rest of the climbing team.” This comes after Nepal has issued permits for a record 463 climbers by April 26, for this spring season’s expeditions to Mount Everest.
The climbers, along with staff members and Sherpa guides, spend nearly two weeks hiking to the Everest base camp, which sits at an altitude of around 17,000 feet . These warmer conditions and the record number of climbers this year, had raised concerns among mountaineers about dangerous overcrowding at the summit. A picture taken by climber Nirmal Purja showing a dense trail of people huddling on an exposed ridge to the mountain’s summit in May 2019 went viral.
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