{"id":1792,"date":"2024-05-16T01:17:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T01:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guncoupons.net\/?p=1792"},"modified":"2024-05-16T01:17:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T01:17:36","slug":"two-climbers-missing-presumed-dead-on-everest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guncoupons.net\/?p=1792","title":{"rendered":"Two Climbers Missing, Presumed Dead, on Everest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n                    <a class=\"gh-article-tag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorjournal.com\/tag\/news\/\">News<\/a><\/p>\n<aside class=\"gh-article-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"gh-author-image-list\">\n                <a class=\"gh-author-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorjournal.com\/author\/owenclarke\/\"><br \/>\n                        <br \/>\n                <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt\">A pair of Mongolian climbers have been missing for nearly three days in the death zone on Everest (8,848 m). <\/p>\n<figure class=\"gh-article-image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorjournal.com\/content\/images\/size\/w300\/2024\/05\/Everest-_Himalayas.jpg 300w,&#10;                    https:\/\/www.outdoorjournal.com\/content\/images\/size\/w720\/2024\/05\/Everest-_Himalayas.jpg 720w,&#10;                    https:\/\/www.outdoorjournal.com\/content\/images\/size\/w960\/2024\/05\/Everest-_Himalayas.jpg 960w,&#10;                    https:\/\/www.outdoorjournal.com\/content\/images\/size\/w1200\/2024\/05\/Everest-_Himalayas.jpg 1200w,&#10;                    https:\/\/www.outdoorjournal.com\/content\/images\/size\/w2000\/2024\/05\/Everest-_Himalayas.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorjournal.com\/content\/images\/size\/w1200\/2024\/05\/Everest-_Himalayas.jpg\" alt=\"Two Climbers Missing, Presumed Dead, on Everest\"\/><figcaption><i><em class=\"italic\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">CREDIT: <\/em><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Everest,_Himalayas.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><i><em class=\"italic\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Vyacheslav Argenberg<\/em><\/i><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Two Mongolian climbers, Prevsuren Lkhagvajav and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Oosko22\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Usukhjargal Tsedendamba<\/a>, have disappeared on Everest (8,848 m), after leaving Camp IV (7,950m) for the summit Sunday night. <\/p>\n<p>Tsedendamba (53) and Lkhagvajav (31), were reportedly climbing without guides or support as part of a nine-member Mongolian team. They had hired services at Base Camp from outfitter 8K Expeditions, and had purchased (but did not plan to use) bottles of supplementary oxygen.<\/p>\n<p>The pair&#8217;s last radio contact with Base Camp occurred shortly after 7:00 p.m. on May 12. They hoped to reach the summit and return the following morning, but sources indicate they chose to leave their radio at Camp IV when making their summit push. <\/p>\n<p>On the morning of the 13th Tsedendamba and Lkhagvajav were sighted at distance en-route to the summit by another party, but after this were never seen or heard from again. They have now been missing for nearly three days.<\/p>\n<p>The elevations in question\u2014above the death zone\u2014are too high for an aerial search by helicopter, and an onslaught of foul weather has stymied ground efforts. Two Sherpa climbers sent to Camp IV by 8K Expeditions were trapped there amid ensuing storms, and a larger SAR effort has yet to make headway. &#8220;We are waiting for weather to improve to send the search team above base camp,\u201d 8K&#8217;s Pemba Sherpa told <a href=\"https:\/\/everestchronicle.com\/bad-weather-dampens-hope-for-missing-mongolian-climbers-on-mount-everest\/?ref=outdoorjournal.com\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><em>Everest Chronicle<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>8K reported that the climbers were seemingly experienced, and rebuffed offers for assistance. &#8220;They were confident about their skill and strength. They told us that they were professional climbers and need no Sherpa support,\u201d added managing director Lakpa Sherpa<em>. &#8220;<\/em>We even offered them our guides for free, but they turned down the request.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Though Everest saw a rapid-fire slew of summits after the route from the South Col was opened last Saturday, no climbers have managed to summit in the last two days (since Tsedendamba and Lkhagvajav have been missing) due to the poor conditions. Some sources have reported wind speeds cresting 80 kmh. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It would be miraculous if we found them alive,&#8221; an anonymous official told <em>Chronicle. <\/em>&#8220;No climber, as far as I can remember, has survived for so long at that altitude.&#8221; <\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorjournal.com\/content\/images\/2024\/05\/missing-guys.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1494\" height=\"987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorjournal.com\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2024\/05\/missing-guys.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.outdoorjournal.com\/content\/images\/size\/w1000\/2024\/05\/missing-guys.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.outdoorjournal.com\/content\/images\/2024\/05\/missing-guys.jpg 1494w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 720px) 720px\"\/><figcaption><span style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Missing climbers Prevsuren Lkhagvajav (left) and Usukhjargal Tsedendamba (right). <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/everestchronicle.com\/mongolian-climbers-missing-near-everest-summit-for-two-days\/?ref=outdoorjournal.com\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><i><em class=\"italic\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">CREDIT: Everest Chronicle<\/em><\/i><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If Lkhagvajav and Tsedendamba are indeed deceased, their deaths will mark the third and fourth of the 2024 8,000-meter season, still in its early days.<\/p>\n<p>This latest tragedy comes just after a French climber, 60-year-old Johnny Saliba, died during his Sunday summit push on Makalu (8,485m). &#8220;We were told that he had complained of illness at 8,350 meters during his summit push,\u201d Madhu Prasad, his liason officer, told <a href=\"https:\/\/everestchronicle.com\/french-climber-dies-on-makalu\/?ref=outdoorjournal.com\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><em>Everest Chronicle<\/em><\/a>. Prasad indicated that altitude sickness was likely the cause of death.<\/p>\n<p>Saliba&#8217;s death was the second on the mountain. Lakpa Tenji, a Seven Summits Sherpa, died at Camp III last week. The 53-year-old summited the mountain alongside 11 others on May 6, but passed away on the descent due to unclear health issues. <\/p>\n<p>Over 400 climbers (not including Sherpas) have permits to summit Everest this year, and there have been over 1,000 permits issued for 8,000-meter peaks in Nepal. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorjournal.com\/two-climbers-missing-everest\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News A pair of Mongolian climbers have been missing for nearly three days in the death zone on Everest (8,848 m). CREDIT: Vyacheslav Argenberg Two Mongolian climbers, Prevsuren Lkhagvajav and Usukhjargal Tsedendamba, have disappeared on Everest (8,848 m), after leaving Camp IV (7,950m) for the summit Sunday night. 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