Shocking: Sherpa died on rescue mission of Dipankar and Narayan on Makalu

Dream Wanderlust | May 24 , 2019

After the heroic recovery of almost untraceable Indian climbers Dipankar Ghosh (53) and Naik Narayan Singh (35), one of 14-member Sherpa team, Nima Tshering Sherpa, has died today in the afternoon, as reported by Pashang Sherpa while talking to Dream Wanderlust a few minutes ago. Earlier today, the mortal remains of two deceased Indian mountaineers were intrepidly rescued after an eight-day adjournment since both the climbers went missing while descending back from Makalu summit on 16th May due to severely atrocious weather condition prevailed for a fugitive period of time. “It is very unfortunate of the team to have lost the Sherpa during the rescue operation. The exact reason for the accident which led to the sudden demise of Nima, is yet to be clear once the entire team safely comes back to the Base Camp,” he said.
Dipankar Ghosh, an already renowned mountaineer in Indian mountaineering fraternity, and Narayan Singh, one of the 18-member Indian Army Expedition team, were rescued and taken down to Camp-4 on Makalu, as per the received to us from Pasang Sherpa today in the morning. Dipankar, who added many feathers of climbing several eight-thousanders to his crown in the past, had gone missing above Camp-4 (above 8200m) on 16th May in the afternoon while descending from Makalu(8481m) summit. Almost similar to his scenario, Naik Narayan Singh fell seriously ill due to Mountain Sickness and left alone behind by his team while climbing down the mountain. Both lost their contact with the Base Camp after 7pm on the same day.
Due to unreceptive weather issues, the search team was hardly being able to pass on any information from higher up the mountain to the Base Camp. “The rescue team is most likely to be back at the Base Camp tonight or tomorrow.”, as Pashang Sherpa expressed while talking to Dream Wanderlust in an exclusive interview in the morning.
However, on 21st May, the rescue team, led by Chhang Dawa Sherpa, started the search-and-rescue mission along with 14 Sherpas, including Mingma David Sherpa (World Record holder for highest long-line rescue) and Tashi Lakpa Sherpa, one of the directors of Seven Summit Treks. After their mysterious disappearance high above the mountain on 16th May, it took 5 days to start the rescue operation by their climbing agency once the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Government of India, took the prerogative to initiate the talks with Indian Embassy in Nepal, followed by the command to the esteemed agencies and their coveted rescue team.

Dipankar Ghosh [courtesy: dipankarghosh.info]