Perilous weekend on Mount Everest after 2 climbers die and 2 remain missing
珠穆朗瑪峰的危險周末,兩人死亡兩人失蹤
Two Indian climbers have gone missing on Mount Everest, an expedition organizer said Sunday, a day after two deaths from apparent altitude sickness were reported, underscoring the risks on the world’s highest mountain. Paresh Nath and Goutam Ghosh have been missing since Saturday, said Wangchu Sherpa of the Trekking Camp Nepal agency in Kathmandu. They were last seen near the Everest summit. Some 30 climbers have gotten frostbite or become sick near the summit in recent days.
一位搜救隊的隊長說到在這個周末,兩位印第安登山者失蹤在珠穆朗瑪峰峰,一天后有報道稱兩名登山者死于高原疾病,來自尼泊爾首都加德滿都的遠足旅行社經理人Wangchu聲稱Paresh和Goutam在周六的時候就失蹤了,他們最后一次相遇是在珠穆朗瑪峰封頂,最近幾天有大約30位登山者被凍傷或者患病在靠近封頂的位置。
*Two-thirds of the accidents happen on the way down…If you get euphoric and think ‘I have reached my goal,’ the most dangerous part is still ahead of you.
Dutch climber Eric Arnold, who died on Friday
三分之二的事故發生在下山途中...如果你感覺很愉悅認為自己已經達到了目的,卻不知更多的危險在你前頭**
荷蘭登山者 Eric Arnold, 死于周五
Favorable weather has allowed nearly 400 climbers to reach the summit from Nepal since May 11, but the altitude, weather and harsh terrain can cause problems at any time. The two climbers who died were on the same expedition team and were the first confirmed deaths this year on Everest, during a busy climbing season that follows two years in which the peak was virtually empty due to two fatal avalanches. Arnold, 35, had enough bottled oxygen with him, as well as climbing partners, but he complained of getting weak and died Friday night near South Col before he was able to get to a lower altitude, said Pasang Phurba of the Seven Summits agency. Just hours after Arnold died, Australian climber Maria Strydom also showed signs of altitude sickness and died Saturday afternoon, Phurba said.
從5月11號以來,適宜的天氣吸引了大約400位來至尼泊爾的登山者登至山頂,但是海拔,氣候和嚴峻的地形會導致很多問題在任何時候。這兩位遇難的登山者來至同一個探險隊,并且是今年珠穆朗瑪峰的第一死亡事故,在這樣一個繁忙的登山季節,事實長山頂確實空空如也,原因是最近的兩次致命的雪崩事故。
Arnold,35歲,帶有足夠的氧氣瓶,還是老手,但是他抱怨感到不舒服然后遇難于周五晚上地點是南出口,此前他去過一些低緯度地區,七峰旅行社的Pasang Phurba敘述到。Phurba 說,幾個小時以后 Arnold 也遇難了,澳大利亞登山者 Maria Strydom 也出現了高原疾病的癥狀然后遇難于周六下午。