Two Indians Die While Descending From Everest Summit
22 May 2026 1:05 PM IST22 May 2026 1:05 PM IST
The climbers, identified as Arun Kumar Tiwari and Sandeep Are, were exhausted while they were coming down from the peak and could not be saved despite the best efforts of their guides.
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Kathmandu:Two Indian mountaineers who summited Everest have died while descending, an official said on Friday. The climbers, identified as Arun Kumar Tiwari and Sandeep Are, were exhausted while they were coming down from the peak and could not be saved despite the best efforts of their guides, said Rishi Bhandari, secretary general of the Expedition Operators Association of Nepal.
It appears that Sandeep summited on Wednesday and Tiwari on Thursday around 5.30 pm, Bhandari stated. The guides "worked really hard" but were not able to save them, he said. Tiwari died near the Hillary Step while being assisted by four Sherpa climbers during the descent from the summit on Thursday, and Are breathed his last at Camp II after being brought down by a team of Sherpa rescuers.
On Wednesday, three Indians, including Sandeep Are, were part of 274 climbers who summited the 8,848.86-metre peak. It was a new record for the highest number of ascents ever recorded in a day. The other two were Tulasi Reddi Palpunoori and Ajay Pal Singh Dhaliwal. The following day, on Thursday, India's Lakshmikanta Mandal also reached the world's highest peak.
( Source : PTI )
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