Two Indians die while descending from Mount Everest summit, says official
Two Indian mountaineers died while descending from Mount Everest after summiting the peak. Despite efforts from their guides, Arun Kumar Tiwari and Sandeep Are could not be saved due to exhaustion. The incident occurred shortly after a record number of climbers reached the summit on May 20, 2026.
- ▪Arun Kumar Tiwari and Sandeep Are died while descending from Mount Everest.
- ▪The climbers were exhausted and could not be saved despite the guides' efforts.
- ▪A record 274 climbers summited Everest on May 20, 2026.
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Two Indian mountaineers who summited Everest have died while descending, an official said on Friday (May 22, 2026).The climbers, identified as Arun Kumar Tiwari and Sandeep Are, were exhausted while they were coming down from the peak and could not be saved despite the best efforts of their guides, said Rishi Bhandari, secretary general of the Expedition Operators Association of Nepal.It appears that Are summited on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) and Tiwari on Thursday (May 21, 2026) around 5.30 p.m., Bhandari told PTI.The guides "worked really hard" but were not able to save them, he said.Are died on Thursday (May 21, 2026) and it is not clear when Tiwari passed away.
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