KATHMANDU. Two climbers, one from the United States and one from Switzerland, died on Mount Everest on Wednesday. This was reported by Seven Summit Treks, a Nepalese company that organizes expeditions. They are the first victims since the world‘s highest peak was reopened to climbers, where an average of five people die every year. Swiss citizen Abdul Waraich, 40, was crushed by exhaustion after reaching the summit. When the Sherpas reached him with food and oxygen there was nothing more to be done. The 55-year-old American Puwei Liu had reached Hillary Pass but, exhausted and blinded, he was brought back by the Sherpas to Camp 4, where he died suddenly. In 2019, 11 people died on Everest, a higher number than usual due in part to overcrowding. In 2021 Nepal issued a record number of permits to climb the mountain, equal to 408, a number that exceeds the all-time high of 381 recorded in 2019.
Everest: two climbers die, first victims of the season
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