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on 01-May-01 07:16 PM
The famous mountaineer Babu Chiri Sherpa, who climbed Mt. Everest ten times, died Sunday nightafter falling into a crevasse near Camp 2, normally two days walk from Everest Base Camp.
Camp 2 lies at a height of 6350m and is criss-crossed with crevasses.
According to family sources Babu Chiri was taking pictures alone at around 4pm when he went missing. It was only at
12pm that his body was found lying in a 30m deep crevasse. However
his body could only be taken out of the crevasse at 9am Monday morning.
Babu Chiri holds the record for the fastest ascent of Mt Everest-16 hrs 56 minutes-and has also stayed on the top for 21 hrs. Among his ten ascents up the world's highest mountain he has twice done it from the Tibetan side.
We request you to sign up for the Condolence Book of Babu Chiri
Sherpa to support us at this moment of tragedy which left the entire Nation be seized with.
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Nation.
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