Sherpas recover Aussie climber Styrdom�s body on Everest; Indian Army col airlifted from Camp II
Author: Nasana
Category: Mountain
May 24, 2016
Everest, Nepal
KATHMANDU: Rescuers on Tuesday recovered the body of Australian woman climber who died near Camp IV while descending from the summit of the world’s highest mountain on Nepal side. According to Mingma
Sherpas recover Aussie climber Styrdom’s body on Everest; Indian Army col airlifted from Camp II
KATHMANDU:Rescuers on Tuesday recovered the body ofAustralian woman climber who died near Camp IVwhile descending from the summit of the world’s highest mountain on Nepal side.
According to Mingma Sherpa, owner of Seven Summit Treks, a group of 13 climbing Sherpas recovered the body of Dr Maria Strydom at around 1:00 pm today.
The trekking company mobilised trained Sherpas to bring her body back to Camp II from where that could be airlifted to Kathmandu, he said.
The Monash Business School lecturer died after suffering from altitude-related sickness while she was descending from the summit point along with her husband Robert James Gropel on Saturday.
Gropel's parents alsoarrived in Kathmandu to expedite the efforts to retrieve and repatriate Styrdom’s bodyat the earliest.
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