Top climber dies in fall on Nepal peak after making historic ascent

A apical Slovak mountaineer died connected a descent of nan 7,234-meter Langtang Lirung highest successful Nepal aft an historical ascent up its eastbound face, Slovakia's climbers relation said connected Sunday.

Ondrej Huserka, a personnel of nan Slovak nationalist mountaineering squad who had climbed successful nan Alps, Patagonia, Pamir Mountains and Himalayas, fell into a crevasse connected Thursday.

His Czech climbing partner Marek Holecek said that nan brace had conscionable completed nan first-ever ascent of nan Langtang Lirung highest via nan eastbound face.

The Slovak climbers relation SHS James called for rescue action connected Facebook but past said connected Sunday that nan chopper could not return disconnected because of bad weather.

Holecek confirmed nan decease successful an emotional station connected Facebook.

He said Huserka had "hit an angled aboveground aft an eight-meter drop, past continued down a labyrinth into nan depths of nan glacier."

Holecek added that he had spent hours trying to rescue Huserka but grounded arsenic nan Slovak was trapped caput down and apparently paralyzed.

"I rappelled down to him and stayed pinch him for 4 hours until his ray faded. There's thing much to add," Holecek said.

SHS James said that nan upwind successful Nepal would forestall rescue action successful nan days to come.

"Following a telephone telephone pinch Marek Holecek and his position published yesterday, and fixed nan upwind conditions nether Langtang Lirung, nan family and friends will person to header pinch nan truth that Ondrej is not pinch america immoderate more," it added.

The Slovak regular SME described nan 34-year-old Huserka arsenic "one of nan champion Slovak mountaineers" and SHS James called him a world-class climber who was a "humble and awesome friend."

ExplorersWeb, citing nan Himalayan Database, reported that arsenic of July 2023, 51 teams had tried to scope nan acme of Langtang Lirung, but only 14 had succeeded, while 16 climbers died. In 2009, famed Slovenian mountaineer Tomaz Humar was recovered dormant connected nan mountain, nan BBC reported.

The highest of Langtang Lirung, nan 99th tallest upland successful nan world, is seend successful Nepal connected April 2022 Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Huserka's decease comes astir a period aft five Russian mountaineers died aft apparently slipping and falling connected nan world's seventh-highest highest successful Nepal. 

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