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Whitmore was trained as a pharmacist at the University of California, San Francisco. [5] He served in the Air Force as an aeromedical evacuation officer and later worked as a pharmacist. Whitmore was a lifelong environmental activist on behalf of wilderness preservation, such as promoting the establishment of the Kaiser Wilderness in 1976.
Unknown (died near Base Camp; likely a trekker as no climbing permits were issued in autumn 2021) [91] 24 May 2019 Nima Tenji Sherpa Nepal: Storm, altitude sickness [1] [92] 16 May 2019 Dipankar Ghosh India: Exhaustion [1] [93] Narayan Singh Exhaustion [1] [94] 8 May 2019 Richard Leopoldo Hidalgo Jara Peru: Died in sleep, likely altitude ...
She would spend two years working with the National Park Service as a climbing ranger. The next year, Metcalfe began working with Russell Brice's Himalayan Experience as an expedition medic. [9] [10] She has continued to spend each climbing season working as a high-altitude expedition doctor, and established best practices in the field for ...
ExplorersWeb, citing the Himalayan Database, reported that as of July 2023, 51 teams had tried to reach the summit of Langtang Lirung, but only 14 had succeeded, while 16 climbers died.
Ondrej Huserka’s rope reportedly snapped and he fell into ice crevasse while rappelling down tough east face of Langtang Lirung peak in Nepal
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John Roskelley (born 1948) US, author, alpinist, Himalayan climber notable for technical first ascents of 7000 and 8000 m peaks; Fred Rouhling (born 1970) France, rock climber, notable for the world's fourth 9a (5.14d) rock climb (and first in France), and the controversy over Akira
Professional alpine climber Michael Gardner has died at age 32 following a fall. Gardner and his longtime climbing partner, Sam Hennessey, were trekking up the Jannu East Mountain in Nepal on ...