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Two Indian mountaineers who summited Everest person died portion descending, an authoritative said connected Friday (May 22, 2026).
The climbers, identified arsenic Arun Kumar Tiwari and Sandeep Are, were exhausted portion they were coming down from the highest and could not beryllium saved contempt the champion efforts of their guides, said Rishi Bhandari, caput wide of the Expedition Operators Association of Nepal.
It appears that Are summited connected Wednesday (May 20, 2026) and Tiwari connected Thursday (May 21, 2026) astir 5.30 p.m., Bhandari told PTI.
The guides "worked truly hard" but were not capable to prevention them, helium said.
Are died connected Thursday (May 21, 2026) and it is not wide erstwhile Tiwari passed away. Further details are awaited.
On Wednesday (May 20, 2026), 3 Indians, including Are, were portion of 274 climbers who summited the 8,848.86-metre peak. It was a caller grounds for the highest fig of ascents ever recorded successful a day. The different 2 were Tulasi Reddi Palpunoori and Ajay Pal Singh Dhaliwal.
The pursuing day, connected Thursday (May 21, 2026), India's Lakshmikanta Mandal besides reached the world's highest peak.
