Everest 2022: Another Death on the 8000ers.

A member of the Russian team, Seven Summits Club has died at Camp 1 of assumed altitude sickness on Everest while completing their acclimatization rotations. He was helped to descend to C2 where he died. Pavel Kostrikin,55, according to the Himalayan Database, had attempted Everest in 2013 and 2016 turning back both times citing exhaustion. His body has already been airlifted back to Kathmandu and returned to his family.  source source

My condolences to his family, friends, and teammates.

This makes the fourth death this season on the Himalayan 800ers:

1. Seven Summits Club, Everest May 8: Pavel Kostrikin died at Camp 2 on Everest from AMS
2. Pioneer Adventures, Kangchenjunga May 6: Narayan Iyer51-year-old Indian, dies from “exhaustion”
3. Seven Summits Treks, Dhaulagiri, April 11: Greek climber Antonis Sykaris is reported to have died near C3 from “exhaustion” after summiting.
4. IMG, Everest, April 14: Nima Tenji Sherpa died in the Khumbu Icefall from unknown reasons, no fall, avalanche, or known illness. He was carrying loads to Camp 1.

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