KATMANDU, Nepal – A Canadian woman has died pursuing her dream of scaling Mount Everest.
Shriya Shah-Klorfine of Toronto was among four people who died while descending from the summit Saturday.
Her husband, Bruce Klorfine, says in a statement to The Canadian Press that his wife was someone who lived life to its fullest.
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Shah-Klorfine’s website said she was the first South Asian woman from Canada to try to raise the Canadian flag at the top of the world’s highest peak.
Her website also said the 33-year-old’s ambition was to become the fourth Canadian woman to make the climb.
A Nepal tourism ministry official says Shah-Klorfine, who was born in Nepal, and a Chinese climber were killed when the mountainside was hit by strong winds.
The two others who died were a climber from Germany and one from South Korea.
A Nepalese sherpa guide is still missing.
The death toll is raising concerns about overcrowding in what’s known as the “death zone” at the top of Everest — so named because of the steep icy slope, treacherous conditions and low oxygen level.
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