Montañista advirtió de hacinamiento en el Everest antes de morir

Un montañista británico que murió recientemente en el Everest advirtió sobre el hacinamiento de la cumbre en su último post a las redes sociales.
Robin Haynes Fisher murió de lo que parecía ser un mal de altura a 8.600 metros, mientras descendía de la cumbre el sábado 25 de mayo.

“Tengo la esperanza de evitar las multitudes en el día de la cumbre y parece una serie de equipos que están presionando para llegar a la cumbre el 21”, escribió en un post de Instagram el 13 de mayo. “Con una sola ruta a la cumbre, los retrasos causados por el hacinamiento podrían ser fatales, así que espero que mi decisión de ir el 25 signifique menos gente. A menos que, por supuesto, todos los demás jueguen el mismo juego de esperar”.

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Climbed up to camp 3, 7500m but the jet stream had returned closing the summit after only 2 days so I descended to basecamp. Around 100 climbers did summit in those 2 days with sadly 2 deaths, an Indian man found dead in his tent at camp 4 and an Irish climber lost, assumed fallen, on his descent. A go fund me page has been set up for a rescue bid for the Irish climber but it is a well meaning but futile gesture. Condolences to both their friends and families. Both deaths happened above 8000m in the so called death zone where the majority of deaths of foreign climbers happen. Around 700 more people will be looking to summit from Tuesday the 21st onwards. My revised plan, subject to weather that at the moment looks promising, is to return up the mountain leaving basecamp Tuesday the 21st 0230 and, all being well and a lot of luck, arriving on the summit the morning of Saturday the 25th. I will be climbing with my Sherpa, Jangbu who is third on the all time list with an incredible 19 summits. The other 4 members of our team decided to remain on the mountain and are looking to summit on the 21st. My cough had started to return at altitude so I couldn’t wait with them at altitude for the window to open without the risk of physically deteriorating too much. Furthermore as I had missed due to sickness the earlier camp 3 rotation best practice was for me to descend to allow my body to recover from the new altitude high so I could come back stronger. This was not an easy decision as the 13 hours climbing from basecamp to camp 2 in a day was the hardest physical and mental challenge I had ever done, now I have it all to do again. Finally I am hopeful to avoid the crowds on summit day and it seems like a number of teams are pushing to summit on the 21st. With a single route to the summit delays caused by overcrowding could prove fatal so I am hopeful my decision to go for the 25th will mean fewer people. Unless of course everyone else plays the same waiting game. #everest #everest2019 #lhotseface

Una publicación compartida de Robin (@1c0n0clast22) el 19 May, 2019 a las 1:15 PDT

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