Climber dies on eighth bid to scale Everest

A Japanese climber who previously lost nine fingers while climbing Mount Everest has died trying to reach the mountain’s summit.

35-year-old Nobukazu Kuriki was found dead in his tent by Sherpas yesterday morning, a Nepalese government official said.

It was his eighth attempt to scale the world’s highest mountain.

Kuriki is the second climber to die on Everest in recent days, after a Macedonian national died at a higher altitude on Sunday.

Kuriki suffered severe frostbite during an ascent in 2012 and lost nine fingers. He returned again in 2015.

He had been documenting his most recent journey with updates on Facebook.

On Sunday he posted: “I feel the pain and difficulty of this mountain.”