Reports are coming in that a Sherpa from died after tumbling down the icy and hard-packed Lhotse Face. While the details are still unclear, it appears that he wasn’t clipped into his rope.
This marks the third death of a Sherpa on the mountain this season. In early April, a highly experienced Icefall Doctor, responsible for setting ropes, slipped and fell into a crevasse. It marked the first time an Icefall Doctor had died on the mountain. A second Sherpa died聽 Sunday at upper Camp III.