12/05/2026
20-Year-Old Sherpa Climber Dies Near Camp III on Everest
A Sherpa climber has died near Camp III on Mount Everest, taking this season’s death toll on the world’s highest peak to three.
Phura Gyaljen Sherpa, 20, from Thame in Solukhumbu district, died after falling below Camp III on the Lhotse Face during a load-carrying mission for summit preparations, according to Nepal’s Department of Tourism.
Phura Gyaljen was the grandson of legendary climber Ang Rita Sherpa, famously known as the “Snow Leopard,” who summited Everest ten times without supplemental oxygen and remains the only person to climb Everest without oxygen during winter.
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