Mustang, October 29
A tourist guide who reached Mustang via the Annapurna Circuit Trek in Manang died on Wednesday night.
Lakchandra Kulung, 27, of Mahakulung Rural Municipality-3 in Solukhumbu district, died while receiving treatment at the Provincial Hospital in Jomsom, Mustang, according to Ishwor Mahat, information officer at the District Police Office.
Kulung had arrived in Baragaun Muktichhetra Rural Municipality-1 on Wednesday night after crossing Thorong La Pass via Manang. He was guiding a group of French women tourists on behalf of Himalayan Hub Adventure Pvt. Ltd.
A hotel owner informed the Area Police Office in Muktinath after Kulung failed to emerge from the hotel bathroom for an extended period. He was found unconscious in the bathroom and rushed to the Provincial Hospital for treatment, but doctors could not save him.
Police said further investigation into the incident was underway.
In a separate incident, Rashmi Pun, 25, of Bardaghat Municipality, who fell ill with altitude-related sickness while trekking on Kori Hill in Madi Rural Municipality-1, was rescued and taken to the Pokhara Academy of Health Sciences on Thursday morning.
DSP Birendra Kumar Paswan of the District Police Office in Kaski said a Simrik Airlines helicopter airlifted Pun after she fell ill during the trek. She is now out of danger.
