Ondre Huseka/ FbA number one Slovak mountaineer has died after falling from a 7,234 m (23,730 ft) peak in Nepal after finishing the uncommon feat of climbing the mountain’s treacherous east face.
Ondrej Huserka and his climbing companions fell right into a crevasse on Thursday after climbing Mount Langtang Lirung within the Himalayas, the world’s 99th highest mountain.
The 34-year-old mountaineer has beforehand climbed the Alps, Patagonia and the Pamir Mountains.
His Czech climbing accomplice Marek Holecek mentioned the pair had been returning to base after changing into the primary climbers to climb Langtang Lirung through the “terrifying” japanese route.
After Husekka returned alone, his accomplice posted an thrilling information on Fb. He mentioned that Husekka’s rope broke whereas climbing the mountain wall and fell into the ice crevice.
He then “hit an angled floor after falling from a top of 8m and continued down the maze into the depths of the glacier”.
In a Fb submit, Holecek recalled listening to his accomplice’s cries for assist and desperately attempting to save lots of him.
“I rappelled all the way down to him and stayed with him for 4 hours till his glow light,” Mr. Holecek mentioned.
After liberating him from the ice, Mr Holecek realized his accomplice was paralyzed.
“As he lay in my arms, his star was disappearing,” he mentioned.
Slovak climbers’ affiliation SHS James mentioned unhealthy climate in Nepal was hampering rescue operations.
The corporate mentioned on social media: “After talking with Marek Holecek on the telephone and saying his situation yesterday, making an allowance for the climate circumstances in Langtang Lirung, he The household and associates must cope with the truth that Ondrej is now not with us.
judith swiftLangtang Lirung Mountain stands alongside different peaks within the Nepal Himalayas and is a well-liked climbing vacation spot.
Climber Judith Swift, who visited Langtang this spring, mentioned native Nepali Sherpas described the mountain to her as a “killer mountain.”
She informed the BBC: “Not many individuals have climbed the mountain and lots of, together with now sadly Ondrej Huseka, have died attempting.”
Based on Huseká’s private web site, Mr. Huseká joined the Slovak Nationwide Mountaineering Workforce in 2011 and gained the SHS James Climbing of the Yr Award six occasions.
His decade-long climbing profession took him all over the world.
His web site says he made the primary ascent of “Summer time Bouquet” on Mount Alexander Brok in Kyrgyzstan and repeated a “legendary route” on the southeast ridge of Mount Torre in South America.
Paying tribute to the late climber, SHS James mentioned Mr Husekah was a “prime mountaineer” and “world class”.
The Slovak Observer referred to as him “the most effective climbers in Slovakia”.
