Brief by Shorts91 NewsDesk / 08:47am on 12 May 2025,Monday International
On May 10, during the season's first successful summit of Mt. Kanchenjunga (8,586m), French climber Margareta Morin, 63, died at 7,800m amid severe weather, preventing her rescue. Morin, attempting her first 8,000m peak, lacked prior high-altitude experience. Simultaneously, British climber Adrian Michael Hayes was rescued after suffering severe altitude sickness post-summit. Sherpas brought him to Camp IV, awaiting evacuation pending weather improvement. The 13-member expedition, comprising six foreign climbers from France, Kosovo, Iran, UAE, and seven Nepali Sherpas, reached the summit after a 20-hour climb from Camp IV. This incident follows the recent death of British hiker Tom Howard, 27, killed by a falling boulder on India's Triund Trek. (PC: Himalayan Wonders)
