According to expedition organisers, Kevin Hynes died while attempting to climb the mountain from the Tibetan side early on Friday morning."It is with the greatest sadness that we have to confirm that one of our Everest team has passed away," 360 Expeditions said in a statement.
It's understood that Kevin had reached Camp III at 8,300 m on Wednesday but while the summit climbers were heading higher, Kevin started his descent. "Kevin passed away in his tent at the North Col at 7,000m in the early hours (Nepali time) of 24 May.
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JOEdotie » / 🏆 31. in İE Personally I think it's crazy dicing with death- life's too precious- know it might not be a popular opinion- but that's it
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