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Alexey Bolotov dies on Everest
Tragedy on Everest: on Wednesday 15 May the highly talented Russian mountaineer Alexey Bolotov perished above the Khumbu Icefall at circa 5600m.
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The 50-year-old had reached Base Camp on the Nepalese side of the mountain in mid-April intent on establishing a new route up the SW Face of Everest in alpine style together with Kazakh alpinist Denis Urubko but, for reasons which still need to be confirmed, Bolotov perished just above the Icefall.
The body was discovered by Sherpa and Denis Urubko and on Thursday it was recovered and flown by helicopter to Kathmandu thanks to Simone Moro and Maurizio Folini.
Born on 20 January 1963, Alexey Bolotov was recognised as being one of the strongest Himalayan climbers of his generation.
He took part in numerous incredible first ascents such as the Direttissima up the North Face of Jannu in 2004 and the great new line up the West Face of Makaly in 1997. Both routes which earned him a Piolet d'Or, the most prest