Singaporean goes missing near Mount Everest peak after separating from group; family appeals for urgent help

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Sherpas have been searching for Mr Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya since Saturday morning (May 20).

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean climber has gone missing after reaching the summit of Mount Everest on Friday morning , leading to his family calling for urgent attention to his situation.

In the petition, his cousin Divya Bharath wrote that on the way down, Mr Shrinivas seemed to have suffered frostbite and altitude sickness. AFP reported on Friday that two more climbers had died on Mount Everest, bringing the number of deaths on the mountain this climbing season to nine.On average, about five climbers die on Mount Everest every spring. But this year, the toll has reached nearly double that a little more than halfway through the season.

 

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