Everest hero falls to his death on world’s highest mountain

Babu Chhiri, a renowned Sherpa guide listed in the Guinness Book of Records for having climbed Mount Everest in 17 hours, died when he fell into crevasse of the world’s highest peak.

Everest hero falls to his death on world’s highest mountain

Babu Chhiri, a renowned Sherpa guide listed in the Guinness Book of Records for having climbed Mount Everest in 17 hours, died when he fell into crevasse of the world’s highest peak.

The 35-year-old Sherpa was guiding a team of mountaineers on Everest yesterday when he slipped and fell 100 feet into a crevasse at Camp Two, situated at 20,400 feet.

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