Climber dies soon after reaching Everest's peak
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June 4, 2010, Friday
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A BRITISH climber died hours after reaching the summit of Mount Everest because he was unable to descend and fellow climbers couldn't bring him down, a Chinese official and his climbing team said yesterday.
Peter Kinloch reached the top of the world's highest mountain on the afternoon of May 25 but died early the next morning, according to SummitClimb, the British-based company he was climbing with.
"It is with our deepest regrets that we report the passing of Peter Kinloch, who was a bright spark in our team, and he is missed very much," the company said.
It did not give details of Kinloch's death. The 28-year-old motivational speaker was climbing the 8,850-meter mountain from the Chinese side, the lesser traveled and technically more difficult route. The mountain straddles China and Nepal.
It was not clear whether an attempt would be made to retrieve his body. The bodies of other climbers have been left on the mountain in the past because of the harsh conditions.
"Mountaineering is a high-risk event, and the mountaineers are all aware of the risk beforehand," said Wang Yongfeng, vice chairman of the China Mountaineering Association.
Kinloch seemed to know. "Mount Everest has a fearsome reputation and justifiably so," he wrote on his Website. "Although not offering too much of a challenge technically the high altitude can stop even the strongest of climbers in their tracks."
Kinloch had been on a quest to climb the highest peak on each continent.
Kinloch died three days after a 13-year-old American boy, Jordan Romero, became the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.
Peter Kinloch reached the top of the world's highest mountain on the afternoon of May 25 but died early the next morning, according to SummitClimb, the British-based company he was climbing with.
"It is with our deepest regrets that we report the passing of Peter Kinloch, who was a bright spark in our team, and he is missed very much," the company said.
It did not give details of Kinloch's death. The 28-year-old motivational speaker was climbing the 8,850-meter mountain from the Chinese side, the lesser traveled and technically more difficult route. The mountain straddles China and Nepal.
It was not clear whether an attempt would be made to retrieve his body. The bodies of other climbers have been left on the mountain in the past because of the harsh conditions.
"Mountaineering is a high-risk event, and the mountaineers are all aware of the risk beforehand," said Wang Yongfeng, vice chairman of the China Mountaineering Association.
Kinloch seemed to know. "Mount Everest has a fearsome reputation and justifiably so," he wrote on his Website. "Although not offering too much of a challenge technically the high altitude can stop even the strongest of climbers in their tracks."
Kinloch had been on a quest to climb the highest peak on each continent.
Kinloch died three days after a 13-year-old American boy, Jordan Romero, became the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.
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