The Austrian mountaineer died over the past weekend in the Nepalese part of the Himalayasthe authorities there were announced on Monday. TASR writes about this, according to the DPA report. According to a spokesman for the Nepalese Ministry of Tourism was 64-year-old Martin Hornegger registered as missing from Saturday morning. He was a member of an expedition organized by Snowy Horizon Treks and Expedition, which was lost during the descent from the Ama Dablam mountain.
His body was discovered in the evening at the foot of the mountain and transported to Kathmanda, where they carried out an autopsy to find out the cause of death. Ama Dablam’s mountain is high 6812 meters and is located near Mount Everest. Climbers often use it as a so -called. Training hill – in preparations for outputs for higher mountains.
Nepal is home to eight of the 14 highest mountains in the world, exceeding 8000 meters above sea level. During the climbing season, hundreds of people from all over the world come to this mountainous country. Authorization to climb to some of 26 hills including Mount Everest This year’s spring season local authorities issued 1025 climbers.
