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