The 40-year-old mountaineer disappeared on Wednesday with his Nepalese guide, who is yet to be found.
Forty-year-old Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui and his Nepali guide Nawang Sherpa, 44, disappeared on Wednesday while attempting to summit Everest without supplementary oxygen.
The guide is yet to be found by the search team that had been deployed to locate the pair, a local tourism official told AFP news agency.informing the base camp that Kirui showed "abnormal behaviour" and had "refused to return and even consume bottled oxygen".In his latest Instagram post, Mr Kirui had expressed confidence that he could conquer Everest without additional oxygen.
"A no-oxygen attempt comes with its special preparations and risks, physically my body is ready," Mr Kirui wrote, before detailing the precautionary measures he was observing on the climb.News of the death has hit the Kenyan mountain climbing community hard. "Our brother now rests on the mountain. It's been a long night," fellow Kenyan mountaineer James Muhia, who had been sharing regular updates about Mr Kirui's attempt, said on X .
In an earlier post, Mr Muhia had backed Mr Kuria to complete the climb, saying he was properly equipped, physically capable, resilient and well trained.A Romanian climber and a British climber and his Nepalese guide were also found dead on Tuesday, the Himalayan Times reported.Generator fumes choke Nigeria students to death - reportsHundreds of Mozambique patients die amid strike - union
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