An Australian climber has died on Mount Everest. Jason Kennison, 40, was descending from the summit on Friday morning when he ran out of oxygen in an area known as The Balcony. 9News MORE:
An Australian climber who survived a car crash and was told he might never walk again has died after summiting Mt Everest, according to an expedition organiser and local media reports.
reported Kennison had struggled after he had successfully reached Everest's 8849m peak, and he was helped by members of his expedition to the an area known as the Balcony, around 450 metres lower than the summit.Two Sherpa guides had noticed Kennison was behaving abnormally, the"They ran out of oxygen and bringing supplement bottles from Camp IV couldn't be possible due to excessive winds," Dawa Steven Sherpa, managing director at Asian Trekking, said.
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