American climber Anna Gutu and her guide were confirmed dead in an avalanche on a Tibetan mountain on Sunday, while two other people, including another American, remain missing, authorities said.
Gutu, 32, and his Nepalese guide, Mingmar Sherpa, went missing on Tibet’s Mount Shishapangma on Saturday after an avalanche swept through them at about 25,000 feet, according to Chinese media reports.
American climber Gina Marie Rzucidlo and her guide, Tenjen Sherpa, were still missing in the high-altitude tragedy.
Karma Gelen Sherlpa, another Nepalese guide, was seriously injured and had to be escorted down the mountain and taken to a nearby hospital.
In total, 52 climbers from the United States, Britain, Japan, Italy and other countries were attempting to reach the summit of Shishapangma, the world’s 14th highest peak, when disaster struck with a pair of avalanches.
The mountain rises 26,335 feet above sea level.
American mountaineer Anna Gutu, 32, and her Nepalese guide, Mingmar Sherpa, were confirmed dead in an avalanche Saturday on Mount Shishapangma in Tibet, the world’s 14th highest peak. Two others remain missing. Instagram/@anyatraveler Mingmar Sherpa, left, an experienced Nepalese mountain guide, died Saturday in an avalanche on Tibet’s Mount Shishapangma along with American mountaineer Anna Gutu. Two other people, including another American, are missing. Instagram / @ guideyukta American mountaineer Anna Gutu, 32, died in an avalanche on Tibet’s Mount Shishapangma on Saturday, along with her guide, Mingmar Sherpa. Two others remain missing. They were among 52 who were on the mountain at the time. Instagram/@anyatraveler
The mountaineering industry in the Himalayas usually peaks in October because it marks the end of the rainy season, although experts warn that climate change has made avalanches more frequent.
At least 120 people have died from avalanches in the Indian part of the Himalayas in the last two years.
American climber Gina Marie Rzucidlo (left) and her guide, Tenjen Sherpa, remain missing on Tibet’s Mount Shishapangma after an avalanche Saturday on the mountain, the world’s 14th highest peak. Two others died. Instagram/@ginamarierzucidlo Mount Shishapangma in Tibet is the 14th highest peak in the world. An avalanche at more than 25,000 feet on Saturday claimed the lives of American climber Anna Gutu and her guide, while American climber Gina Marie Gzucidlo and her guide are missing. AP
Sherpa Tenjen, the 35-year-old guide still missing with Rzucidlo, was part of the record-setting team that climbed the world’s 14 highest peaks in the fastest time ever recorded earlier this year.
Tenjen, who guided Norwegian climber Kristin Harila to achieve the feat, was seeking to become the youngest climber to summit each of the 14 mountains twice.
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