British mountaineer and Nepalese mountain guide dies after reaching the summit of Mount Everest

The area from which the two men fell is called the “death zone.”

A British man and his Nepalese guide are presumed dead after reaching the summit of Mount Everest on Tuesday. According to the BBCDaniel Paterson, 39, from Wakefield, and mountain guide Pastenji Sherpa, 23, reached the summit of the mountain but later “fell down a very steep slope towards the Tibetan side”.

The area from which the two men fell is known as the “death zone.” FoxNewsThe “death zone” is the area on the mountain above 26,000 feet where prolonged exposure to low oxygen levels can lead to impaired judgment, severe altitude sickness, and death.

The duo was part of a 15-person group that reached the summit of the world’s highest mountain at 29,032 feet.

Mount Everest adventure company 8K Expeditions, which organized the expedition, said they were “surprised by a sudden collapse of a snow cornice that affected the climbing group.”

“Despite intensive search efforts, we unfortunately have to confirm that Daniel and Pastenji could not be recovered following the following incident,” the company wrote in an Instagram post. The company said recovering their bodies was difficult because rescuers could not reach that side of the mountain and helicopters could not fly there.

“At 4:40am on May 21, Daniel Paterson successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest – a monumental achievement and a testament to his strength and determination. Tragically, Daniel disappeared during his descent and there has been no contact or sighting of him since,” his partner Becks Woodhead wrote on a crowdfunding page this week.

A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesman said: “We are supporting the family of a British man missing in Nepal and are in contact with local authorities.”

At least five more people attempting to reach the summit of Mount Everest have died in the past two weeks while trying to ^ “New York Post: The New York Post”. A Kenyan and a Nepalese climber also died near the Everest summit, tourism officials said.

Contact between 40-year-old Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui and his 44-year-old Nepalese guide Nawang Sherpa was lost on Wednesday morning and a search team was deployed on the 8,849-meter-high mountain.

“The team found the Kenyan climber dead between the summit and Hillary Step, but his guide is still missing,” Khim Lal Gautam, head of the tourism authority’s field office at base camp, told AFP.

Nepal has issued over 900 permits for its mountains this year, including 419 for Everest, collecting over $5 million in royalties.

More than 500 climbers and their guides have already reached the summit of Everest after a rope safety team reached the summit last month. Home to eight of the world’s 10 highest peaks, Nepal welcomes hundreds of adventurers each spring, when temperatures are warm and winds are usually calm. More than 600 climbers made it to the top of Everest last year, but it was also the deadliest season on the mountain, with 18 fatalities.