KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An 84-year-old climber trying to change into the oldest particular person to summit all of the world’s highest peaks was rescued Thursday from a mountain in Nepal the place he was injured.
Spanish climber Carlos Soria was trying to scale Mount Dhaulagiri however was damage on his approach to the highest.
He was flown from the mountain by a rescue helicopter and delivered to a hospital in Kathmandu for therapy.
Sherpa guides and fellow climbers had helped him down the mountain to base camp after he was injured on Wednesday.
Soria had scaled 12 of the 14 highest mountains on this planet above 8,000 meters (26,240 toes) together with Mount Everest, which is the tallest of all of them.
A whole bunch of climbers and their guides attempt to scale the very best peaks in Nepal throughout the in style spring mountaineering season when the climate circumstances on the mountains are most favorable.
The season begins in March and ends in Could after which the climate deteriorates, making it harmful to stay on the mountain.
