Japanese climber Nobukazu Kuriki will try again to reach the summit of Everest later this week, . As 国产吃瓜黑料聽reported on Monday, Kuriki, the only climber to attempt to ascend the mountain since the Nepal earthquake last April, was forced to abandon his summit push on Saturday after encountering heavy snow.
鈥淚 realized if I kept going, I wouldn鈥檛 be able to come back alive,鈥 . 鈥淚t took too much time to move in deep, deep聽snow.鈥
碍耻谤颈办颈听 that he left the 鈥渇inal camp (7,600鈥6,600聽meters)鈥濃攅quivalent to聽21,653 to聽24,934 feet鈥攁nd聽is , but , he is not leaving the mountain.
鈥淗e is staying at Base Camp for a few days but will try again for the summit starting October 1,鈥 Tikaram Gurung,聽managing director of聽Bochi-Bochi Trek, the company in charge of the expedition, told AFP, according to the Telegraph.聽鈥淗e is in good physical condition and experienced no major problems on the climb.鈥
Whereas Kuriki鈥檚 push for the summit earlier in September involved a six-person team聽who accompanied him to Camp 2, Gurung said the mountaineer will make his attempt this coming Thursday solo and聽without supplemental oxygen.