Nepal Two climbers die on Lhotse in the Himalayas
Two climbers have died on Lhotse, a neighboring mountain to Mount Everest in the Himalayas. A 48-year-old Romanian died while climbing the fourth highest mountain on earth in a steep area at an altitude of over 8,000 meters, the Nepalese tourism department announced. He was traveling without an oxygen tank. No further details were initially known. According to reports in the newspaper "The Himalayan Times", the Romanian was an experienced cameraman from Romanian television.
19.05.2025, 17:46
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According to the tour operator Makkalu Adventure, a 39-year-old Indian also died on Sunday during the descent from the 8,516-metre-high Lhotse. He had suddenly sat down near the rock band known as the Yellow Band and then stopped moving, said the tour operator's managing director.
The deaths occurred during the peak of the spring climbing season on the Everest massif. In the past few days, there have been two deaths on the Nepalese side of the 8,849-metre-high Mount Everest. One climber from India and one from the Philippines died there.
