Climber without fingertips comes at eighth attempt on Mount Everest

mount everest - A Japanese climber died on Monday at his eighth attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest. The 36-year-old Nobukazu Kuriki is the second man to leave this climbing season on the dreaded mountain.

According to news agency Reuters, the mountaineer was found dead in his tent at an altitude of 7400 meters. Sherpas found his body. The cause of death is not yet clear. In an earlier attempt to conquer Mount Everest, the man lost nine fingertips by freezing.

In 2012 he spent two days at twenty degrees below zero in an improvised snow hut. After that awkward adventure on more than 8000 mter, his fingertips had to be amputated. It did not stop him from a new climb on Mount Everest.

Earlier this weekend, the 63-year-old climber Gjeorgi Petkov from Macedonia was killed. This month relatively many climbers have reached the top due to the good weather. The climbing season runs from March to the end of May.