A mountaineer from the US has died while climbing the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest.
Jonathan Sugarman, 69, died in the second high camp, a spokesman for Nepal’s tourism ministry said in the capital Kathmandu on Tuesday. Sugarman was one of hundreds of climbers currently preparing to attempt the summit at the various high-altitude camps on Mount Everest.
Permission for $11,000
He is the fourth death on Everest in the current spring season. The spring season starts in April and ends in June when there are the best “windows of weather” for climbing all year round. Earlier this season, three Sherpas died on Everest.
A total of 466 mountaineers have received an $11,000 (€10,000) permit to climb Everest, the Ministry of Tourism said. That is the highest number of permits ever issued in one season for the 8,848-meter mountain.
Traffic jam in the dead zone
In 2019, when traffic jams in Mount Everest’s so-called death zone made headlines, the Nepalese Ministry of Tourism had issued 381 permits. In the death zone at more than 8000 meters, the human body breaks down and cannot recover.
Source: Krone
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