KATHMANDU (AFP): A Malaysian climber rescued after two nights in the open on one of the world’s most treacherous mountains is fighting for his life, his doctor said Friday (April 26).
KATHMANDU : A Malaysian climber rescued after two nights in the open on one of the world’s most treacherous mountains is fighting for his life, his doctor said Friday .
”His heart rate and temperature were both very low when we received him. He is suffering from severe hypothermia and has frostbite on his hands and feet,” Sanij Singh, emergency physician at Mediciti Hospital, told AFP.Chin, 48, reached the top of the 8,100m Himalayan mountain on Tuesday but failed to return to the nearest camp, one kilometre below the peak, with the rest of his group.
”It is amazing. We were very happy to find him alive... it was a tough and risky operation,” said rescuer Nirmal Purja.Climbing experts said it was a “miracle” that Chin survived the freezing conditions on Mount Annapurna for so long.
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