Everest Cryptocurrency Stunt May Have Left One Sherpa Dead

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Fox News – amongst other outlets – is reporting that a Sherpa by the name of Lam Babu Sherpa may have perished on Everest after helping a team of foreign climbers reach the summit. That team, which was sponsored by ASKfm - a social media site where members can ask each other questions – were on the mountain to attempt a stunt involving cryptocurrency. The group pf three climbers from Ukraine took a crypto wallet containing tokens worth $50,000 to the summit of Everest and buried it there, with the intention of then daring other climbers to go to the top to retrieve the money. The trio were accompanied to the top by three Sherpa guides.

Everything went according to plan and on May 14 – early in the summit season – the team reached the top, buried the wallet, and proceeded back down. During the descent, the weather reportedly turned bad and the three Ukrainian climbers sped on ahead of their Sherpa guides, trying to make it to Camp 4 before conditions worsened.

Apparently, one of the Ukrainian climbers – a man named Taris Pozdnii – suffered frostbite on his fingers and toes, but has since recovered. But, while the group was making its way down, Lam Babu Sherpa reportedly fell behind the others and was struggling to keep up. It is unclear if he took ill, was simply exhausted, or just traveling slower. His two Sherpa companions stayed with him, while the foreign climbers moved on ahead to C4, where they reached the safety of their tents. The following day they returned to Base Camp and on May 17, ASKfm held a press conference to herald the team's success.

The duduk perkara is, Lam Babu Sherpa appears to have gone missing above Camp 4 and is obviously now believed to have perished there. Exactly what happened to him remains a mystery, although one of the Ukrainian climbers indicated to wo Polish climbers being left behind on Makalu, making one question even further the safety record for the support teams on these climbing expeditions. We may never know what became of Lam Babu Sherpa, but these stories certainly aren't helping the cause of mountaineers on Everest.
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