KATHMANDU, Nepal — Two Indian climbers on Nepal’s Mount Kanchenjunga fell sick and died during attempts to rescue them while a Chilean climber is missing, an expedition organizer said Thursday. Pasang Sherpa of Peak Promotion in Kathmandu said one of the Indian climbers had scaled the world’s third tallest peak while the other was on the way up but fell sick and died. The climbers identified as Biplab Baidya, 48, and Kuntal Kanrar. Chilean Rodrigo Vivanco has been reported missing around the same area since Wednesday. Hundreds of foreign climbers and their guides attempt to scale high Himalayan peaks during the popular spring climbing season in Nepal that begins around March and ends this month.

Source: Washington Post May 16, 2019 03:41 UTC