Newspaper reporting suicide and altitude health as accidents
Your article piqued my curiosity about the people you mentioned in the article. As we track accidents in the sahyadri for our personal understanding. I did not know arun samant and mixed up his name with another well known trekker with the same name who died at Harishchandragad . But I started googling his last trek in the Himalayas based on your article's information . . It was later found that the team was underprepared and did not carry food or other supplies to the summit, causing Samant’s death due to exhaustion. https://www.mid-day.com/ sunday-mid-day/article/ experienced-trekkers- highlight-why-solo-trekking- is-not-easy-share-tips-on-how- to-plan-treks-23615604 while it's true about the food rations . From the articles on the incident . It looks like something happened to him at the top (probably had some heart attack as he was in his 50s though no mention of anything in the trek reports. ) . After reading about legendary mountaineer Conra...