Indian summiteer goes missing on Mt Everest

May 22, 2017 12:42

Hopes of finding an Indian climber who went missing on Mt Everest, have dimmed as the crucial 24-hour period since his disappearance has passed, a mountaineering official said.

Ravi Kumar, 27, from Moradabad of Uttar Pradesh, lost contact on Saturday with the balcony area, the final resting spot before climbers ascend the south summit of the mountain.

Kumar successfully climbed the 8,848 metre-high Mt Everest at 1.28 pm on Saturday. His climbing guide Lakpa Wongya Sherpa has also been found unconscious after suffering from frostbite at Camp IV.

Kumar and the climbing guide got separated during the descent.

"The chances of his survival are slim, as more than 24 hours have elapsed since he went missing in the extreme climate," Ang Tshering Sherpa, president of Nepal Mountaineering Association, said.

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