Kathimerini Greece Newsroom
A Greek mountaineer renowned for conquering some of the world’s toughest peaks died during a mission on the Himalayas in Nepal, his team announced in a post on Facebook on Tuesday.
Antonis Sykaris, 60, is said to have died from a combination of physical and mental exhaustion and oxygen deprivation during the climb down from the summit of Dhaulagiri, the world’s seventh-largest mountain.
The incident reportedly occurred at an altitude of 7,400 meters at 4 a.m. Nepalese time, his team said in the post.
