エベレストで死んだ登山家、「渋滞」の危険を警告していた

ネパール政府観光局はBBCへの声明のなかで、今季これまでの死者数は8人だとしているが、噂では、死者および行方不明者数は10人にのぼる。同観光局のダンドゥ・ラジ・ギミレ局長は登山者の死亡について、渋滞だけが原因ではなく、悪天候も関係していると述べた。過去の死亡者数を見ると、2018年は5人、2016年と2017年はともに6人。1シーズンに死亡者が10人に達したのは、直近だと2015年だ。

（翻訳：ガリレオ）


※6月4日号（5月28日発売）は「百田尚樹現象」特集。「モンスター」はなぜ愛され、なぜ憎まれるのか。『永遠の0』『海賊とよばれた男』『殉愛』『日本国紀』――。ツイッターで炎上を繰り返す「右派の星」であるベストセラー作家の素顔に、ノンフィクションライターの石戸 諭が迫る。百田尚樹・見城 徹（幻冬舎社長）両氏の独占インタビューも。


エベレストの険しさ（ロビン・ヘインズ・フィッシャーのインスタより）
この投稿をInstagramで見る Climbed up to camp 3, 7500m but the jet stream had returned closing the summit after only 2 days so I descended to basecamp. Around 100 climbers did summit in those 2 days with sadly 2 deaths, an Indian man found dead in his tent at camp 4 and an Irish climber lost, assumed fallen, on his descent. A go fund me page has been set up for a rescue bid for the Irish climber but it is a well meaning but futile gesture. Condolences to both their friends and families. Both deaths happened above 8000m in the so called death zone where the majority of deaths of foreign climbers happen. Around 700 more people will be looking to summit from Tuesday the 21st onwards. My revised plan, subject to weather that at the moment looks promising, is to return up the mountain leaving basecamp Tuesday the 21st 0230 and, all being well and a lot of luck, arriving on the summit the morning of Saturday the 25th. I will be climbing with my Sherpa, Jangbu who is third on the all time list with an incredible 19 summits. The other 4 members of our team decided to remain on the mountain and are looking to summit on the 21st. My cough had started to return at altitude so I couldn't wait with them at altitude for the window to open without the risk of physically deteriorating too much. Furthermore as I had missed due to sickness the earlier camp 3 rotation best practice was for me to descend to allow my body to recover from the new altitude high so I could come back stronger. This was not an easy decision as the 13 hours climbing from basecamp to camp 2 in a day was the hardest physical and mental challenge I had ever done, now I have it all to do again. Finally I am hopeful to avoid the crowds on summit day and it seems like a number of teams are pushing to summit on the 21st. With a single route to the summit delays caused by overcrowding could prove fatal so I am hopeful my decision to go for the 25th will mean fewer people. Unless of course everyone else plays the same waiting game. #everest #everest2019 #lhotseface Robinさん(@1c0n0clast22)がシェアした投稿 - 2019年 5月月19日午前1時15分PDT

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