An Indian climber died during a summit push on Mount Kanchenjunga, the world's third highest mountain, a hiking official said on Saturday, May 7, 2022.
The death is the third to be reported on Nepal Himalayas during the current climbing season which started in March.
Narayanan Iyer, 52, died around 8,200 metres (26,900 feet, above sea level while trying to reach the 8,586 metre (28,169 feet) peak on Thursday, May 5, 2022, said Nivesh Karki, an official of the hiking company that organised the expedition.
