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A renowned Slovenian mountaineer has
been found dead in the Himalayas.
Tomasz
Humar, 40, last contacted his base on Monday to say that
he had been injured while climbing a peak in Nepal.
Viki
Groselj, a fellow Slovenian mountaineer and friend of Mr
Humar, told the Associated Press that he had broken his
leg and become stranded.
The
father-of-two, once rescued in a celebrated Pakistani
air force mission, had been attempting to climb a
23,710ft (7,227m) peak, Langtang Lirung.
Subsequent rescue attempts were hampered by heavy
snowfall.
Gerold
Biner, flight operations manager for the Swiss Air
Zermatt mountain rescue company, said his body was
recovered early on Saturday by a three-man rescue team
after it was spotted during an aerial search.
'Courageous'
Zimba
Zangbu Sherpa, president of the Nepal Mountaineering
Association, paid tribute to the climber.
"The
mountain that Humar was climbing, Langtang Lirung, is
technically tough and not everyone dares climb it.
"Humar
was courageous. We are very sorry to have lost such a
world-renowned climber who had such a deep love for
Nepal's mountains."
Humar
made his name in the climbing world in 1999 with a solo
ascent of the south face of Dhaulagiri, the world's
seventh-highest mountain.
In
2005, he got trapped in the Himalayas on an icy ledge of
Nanga Parbat mountain at about 6,000m during a solo
climb.
Two
Pakistani army helicopter pilots saved him and were
later decorated with Slovenia's highest award for
bravery.
Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8360519.stm |
