Fatalities on Everest and Makalu II
This is the first fatality of this year’s spring season on Mount Everest – even though the accident occurred below base camp. According to Nepalese media reports, Lakpa Dendi Sherpa fell and died last Sunday while hiking from Gorak Shep, the last inhabited settlement in the Everest valley, to base camp. The 51-year-old Nepalese guide…
