A search and rescue effort is now being conducted to find a climber from Singapore with Indian ancestry who disappeared while ascending Mount Everest. According to Prakash Chandra Devkota, the proprietor of Nepal Guide Treks and Expedition, Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya reached the Summit last Friday before going missing.
According to PTI, a team made up of three Sherpas is looking for Dattatraya. Dattatraya works with JLL Technologies as a senior manager for software engineering. The climber shared pictures after he arrived at the summit. He can be seen in those photos sporting an oxygen mask, sunglasses, and a vivid orange jacket.
He was on top of the mountain, holding onto a rope. He may be seen resting on his back, flanked by three other climbers, in another image. To his wife Sushma Soma, he sent his final message. According to a report in the Singapore media, he told her about his high-altitude cerebral oedema (or hace), a severe high-altitude sickness that might be fatal, when he returned home and conveyed his concerns.
His wife Soma wrote in an Instagram story on Monday, "Thank you, everybody, for all your (messages). We appreciate your kindness and care. Two Sherpas, including one by the name of Dendi, tried to save Dattatraya, but no other information was provided. Due to frost bites on his fingers, the sherpa is hospitalized.
According to Devkota, Dattatraya was an experienced climber who conquered Nepal's 8,163-meter-tall Manaslu peak in 2021. But he said, "This time is so bad." Ten climbers have died this climbing season, and at least two more are missing. Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya's name is presently on the missing list.
According to Dattatraya's wife, the other climber who accompanied him to the summit, as well as two Sherpas, made it down.
Dattatraya's Everest ascent was planned by Nepal-based adventure travel company Seven Summit Treks. On their ascent of Everest, some mountaineers claimed to have seen dead remains. One of them claimed that unskilled climbers attempting to ascend the highest peak in the world were to blame for this.
