“Kevin was one of the strongest and most experienced climbers on our team and had previously summited Everest South and Lhotse.”
His death comes a week after Séamus Lawless, from Bray, Co Wicklow, went missing after falling up to 500m from the balcony area of Everest in temperatures of -27C. A survivor of the Everest traffic jam who is in hospital recovering from frostbite said climbers without basic skills should be barred from the mountain.
Ms Chauhan , from India, had to wait 20 minutes to come down from the peak, but others were held up for hours.
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