Mountaineer from WB conquers Mt Everest, dies while descending

 

 

HOURS after conquering Mt Everest, a 44-year-old mountaineer of West Bengal died on Friday, while descending from the summit, his family said. Subrata Ghosh, a school teacher by profession and a veteran in mountaineering, hailed from Ranaghat in Nadia district of West Bengal. “We got the news from Nepal that my elder brother has died near the Hillary Step while coming down after scaling Mt Everest.

 

I do not know what exactly happened to him. He had been absolutely fine. We expect to hear in detail from his sherpa,” Ghosh’s brother Surajit told PTI. The Hillary Step is a 40-foot vertical rock face that sits 8,790 metres above sea level on the southeast ridge of Mount Everest. Ghosh had reached the summit along with his guide around 2 pm (Nepal time) on Thursday, his brother said.