A prime Slovak mountaineer died on a descent of the 7,234-meter Langtang Lirung peak in Nepal after an historic ascent up its east face, Slovakia’s climbers affiliation mentioned on Sunday.
Ondrej Huserka, a member of the Slovak nationwide mountaineering group who had climbed within the Alps, Patagonia, Pamir Mountains and Himalayas, fell right into a crevasse on Thursday.
His Czech climbing associate Marek Holecek mentioned that the pair had simply accomplished the first-ever ascent of the Langtang Lirung peak by way of the east face.
The Slovak climbers affiliation SHS James referred to as for rescue motion on Fb however then mentioned on Sunday that the helicopter couldn’t take off due to dangerous climate.
Holecek confirmed the loss of life in an emotional put up on Fb.
He mentioned Huserka had “hit an angled floor after an eight-meter drop, then continued down a labyrinth into the depths of the glacier.”
Holecek added that he had spent hours attempting to rescue Huserka however failed because the Slovak was trapped head down and apparently paralyzed.
“I rappelled all the way down to him and stayed with him for 4 hours till his mild light. There’s nothing extra so as to add,” Holecek mentioned.
SHS James mentioned that the climate in Nepal would stop rescue motion within the days to return.
“Following a cellphone name with Marek Holecek and his standing printed yesterday, and given the climate circumstances underneath Langtang Lirung, the household and associates must deal with the truth that Ondrej is just not with us any extra,” it added.
The Slovak every day SME described the 34-year-old Huserka as “among the finest Slovak mountaineers” and SHS James referred to as him a world-class climber who was a “humble and nice buddy.”
ExplorersWeb, citing the Himalayan Database, reported that as of July 2023, 51 groups had tried to achieve the summit of Langtang Lirung, however solely 14 had succeeded, whereas 16 climbers died. In 2009, famed Slovenian mountaineer Tomaz Humar was discovered useless on the mountain, the BBC reported.
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Huserka’s loss of life comes a couple of month after 5 Russian mountaineers died after apparently slipping and falling on the world’s seventh-highest peak in Nepal.