A young Sherpa porter died last night in a fall below Camp 3 on the Lhotse Face. Phura Gyaljen Sherpa, 20, from Thame village left Camp 2 at 7 pm yesterday, loaded with gear. According to Nepalese media reports, the accident occurred some four hours later, in the middle of the night. Phura Gyaljen slipped and fell at around 7,000m on the Lhotse Face, just below Camp 3. "A search operation later found him approximately 400m below in a crevasse be…
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