As the fourth death on the world’s highest peak this climbing season, a mountaineer from the United States by the name of Jonathan Sugarman has died on the Everest.
According to the organisers of his expedition, Sugarman, 69, passed away on Monday while participating in an acclimatisation rotation at about 6,400 metres (21,000 feet).
“He was feeling unwell and passed away at Camp 2. Efforts are underway to bring (back) his body,” Pasang Tshering Sherpa of Beyul Adventure told AFP.
“We are trying to send a helicopter but it is snowing and the weather is not favourable,” he said.
International Mountain Guides, a US-based organisation that organises expeditions, acknowledged Sugarman’s passing “with deep sorrow” through its local partner Beyul Adventure.
“We can confirm that this event was not the result of a climbing accident or route condition that would be of potential impact or safety concern to any other teams on the mountain,” IMG chief Eric Simonson said in a statement on the company’s website.
