Posted on 05/23/2016 2:30:35 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
A fourth person has died on Mount Everest, and further details about the deaths are slowly emerging. Subhash Paul of India was being assisted overnight Sunday by Sherpa guides during a descent when he died of altitude sickness, the AP reports.
Dutch climber Eric Arnold passed away Friday of the same malady, while Australia's Maria Strydom succumbed to it on Saturday. A 25-year-old Sherpa was the first to die this climbing season: Phurba Sherpa fell to his death Thursday while trying to prep a route for climbers just 150 feet from the top, CNN reports.
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“”Touching the Void”” is a must see movie; about a climb in Peru, not Everest, but it really brings the climbing experience to your tv room.””
Sounds like the Everest movie that came out in the ‘90’s on Cinemax - it put you right there on the mountain with the climbers... This one sounds great - I’ll have to see if Net Flix has it. Thanks.
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