Indian Climber missing, when returned from Mount Everest

Uttar Pradesh, May 21: Here An Indian climber has gone missing after returning from the world's highest peak Mount Everest since from Saturday

Coming to details, Ravi Kumar, a climber from Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, went missing from near south pole of the mountain, his expedition organizer told media.

Ravi has reached the top of Everest on Saturday afternoon and was climbing down with a Sherpa guide when he went out of contact from balcony area, a popular spot near south pole in Everest, Thupten Sherpa of Arun Treks told media.

Lakpa Wongya Sherpa, who had accompanied Kumar reached Camp 4 of Mount Everest at 11:00 pm on Saturday. He was exhausted and fell unconscious.

"The ailing Sherpa was brought to Everest base camp. We had already sent a helicopter along with three other Sherpas for searching Kumar. The helicopter can only land on Camp 2 of the Everest. After landing in Camp 2, the Sherpas will trek up to the south pole to find out the status of missing Indian climber," Thupten Sherpa said.

Only last week, six Indian climbers had reached the top of Everest, becoming the first batch to ascend the peak this season.

They are Suresh Babu, Durga Rao Kunja, Bharat Thammineni, Krishna Rao, Satya Rao Kare and Nagaraju Sundarana, from Andhra Pradesh.