May 13, 2009
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A young Sherpa cook is dead and another Sherpa nearly fatally poisoned as a result of drinking local distilled whiskey that contained methyl alcohol. This comes just one week after a Sherpa guide was killed by an explosive low-mountain avalanche.
An announcement made by Eric Simonson on Everestnews.com reads:
We had a sad story develop today at Base Camp with the death of one Sherpa cook boy overnight and the near fatal poisoning of another, from other expeditions, both stricken after drinking locally purchased bootleg whiskey made with methyl alcohol.
Thirty-seven people have died on Mount Everest since the 2000 climbing season. [LA Times, Wikipedia]
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