INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KAHMANDU, OCTOBER 15A climber from Denmark has been stranded at the high camp of Mt
Ama Dablam after he suffered from snow blindness and high-altitude sickness this morning.
Israeli NGO Heroes for Life
begins its 2-week volunteer mission at five Kathmandu Valley schools
patient struggling for life in Bajura
Rajendra
Lama, Managing Director at Friends Adventure, said that Brian Harring Boll, 53, fell ill and couldn't move when he descended from the summit
Brian along with Dhana Tamang reached the summit point at around 7:30am this morning."Brian suffered from high altitude sickness followed by
snow blindness, at the mushroom ridge, in between camp II and III while descending from the summit point," Lama said, adding that multiple
efforts to arrange an aerial evacuation mission went in vein as the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal refused to release high altitude
pilots for today's mission citing a mandatory limited flying hours rule for a day.
"It will take several hours to send a
ground search mission as his condition is very critical," Lama said, adding that CAAN repeatedly turned down a request to release at least
one captain for mountain rescue this afternoon."We will try to pick him up through a long line rescue flight tomorrow morning," he added.
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