Kathmandu, October 27
A German climber, Wolfgang Waschiczek, has died after falling approximately 1,500 metres while descending Ama Dablam in Solukhumbu district.
The 57-year-old, who had reached the summit of the 6,814-metre mountain on Sunday, died on Monday, according to Gokul Thapa, chief of Real Himalayan Pvt Ltd, the company responsible for local management.
Thapa, speaking from Lukla, said a search team recovered the climber’s body on Monday. The body will be airlifted to Kathmandu by helicopter for a post-mortem examination.
Located in Solukhumbu, home to Mount Everest, Ama Dablam is a popular destination among mountaineers. More than 300 climbers have obtained permits to scale the mountain during the ongoing autumn climbing season.
September to November is considered Nepal’s main autumn mountaineering season.
Last week, two Japanese climbers died on Mount Gangapurna in western Nepal.
Earlier this year, 10 people, including renowned Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja, died in an avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan’s Karakoram mountain range.
