his season, an unidentified man took off from the peak of Mount Ama Dablam (6,812m), with the intent of paragliding himself back down. The man has since disappeared. The government officials deployed to monitor unlawful activities in the Khumbu Region were mere spectators to the event Jun 17, 2017- Sixty odd years since it was first scaled by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa in 1953, Mount Everest continues to occupy a prominent space in the human imagination. As the tallest mountain in the world, its conquest is eulogised as a testament to human endurance and sheer grit, and each year during the spring climbing season, the attention of the world media zeroes in on the Khumbu Region, meticulously reporting the number of accents, tragic fatalities and new records being set. This climbing season—which ended on May 31—was no different. With a staggering 448 climbers summiting the peak from its South Face in Nepal, the total number of accents inched over the 5,000 mark this year. There were several new records set—Indian climber Anshu Jamsenpa became the first woman climber to summit Everest twice within five days. The record was previously held by Chhurim Sherpa, who scaled the peak twice in a season in 2012. Nepali Kami Rita Sherpa joined Appa Sherpa and Phurba Tashi Sherpa by completing a record 21 summit. But along with the many laudable feats and triumphs, Mount Everest continued to see its share of tragedy, controversy and high drama this year as well. Into the death zone The biggest talking point this season came when a daring mission was launched to retrieve the body of an Indian climber, Ravi Kumar, from a 200-meter crevasse at 8,400 metres—an area known as the ‘Death Zone’ for its inhospitable conditions. Traditionally, those who perish high on the mountain are left entombed in snow because of the obvious dangers to rescuers trying to retrieve bodies from such high altitude.
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his season, an unidentified man took off from the peak of Mount Ama Dablam (6,812m), with the intent of paragliding himself back down. The man has since disappeared. The government officials deployed to monitor unlawful activities in the Khumbu Region were mere spectators to the event Jun 17, 2017- Sixty odd years since it was first scaled by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa in 1953, Mount Everest continues to occupy a prominent space in the human imagination. As the tallest mountain in the world, its conquest is eulogised as a testament to human endurance and sheer grit, and each year during the spring climbing season, the attention of the world media zeroes in on the Khumbu Region, meticulously reporting the number of accents, tragic fatalities and new records being set. This climbing season—which ended on May 31—was no different. With a staggering 448 climbers summiting the peak from its South Face in Nepal, the total number of accents inched over the 5,000 mark this year. There were several new records set—Indian climber Anshu Jamsenpa became the first woman climber to summit Everest twice within five days. The record was previously held by Chhurim Sherpa, who scaled the peak twice in a season in 2012. Nepali Kami Rita Sherpa joined Appa Sherpa and Phurba Tashi Sherpa by completing a record 21 summit. But along with the many laudable feats and triumphs, Mount Everest continued to see its share of tragedy, controversy and high drama this year as well. Into the death zone The biggest talking point this season came when a daring mission was launched to retrieve the body of an Indian climber, Ravi Kumar, from a 200-meter crevasse at 8,400 metres—an area known as the ‘Death Zone’ for its inhospitable conditions. Traditionally, those who perish high on the mountain are left entombed in snow because of the obvious dangers to rescuers trying to retrieve bodies from such high altitude.
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