40-year-old Kenyan found dead after going missing on Everest

Kenyan mountaineer Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui has been found dead after going missing on Everest, local media reported.

Mr Kirui, 40, and his Nepali guide Nawang Sherpa, 44, disappeared on Wednesday while attempting to summit Everest without supplementary oxygen, reports said.

The guide is yet to be found by the search team that had been deployed to locate the pair, a local tourism official told AFP news agency.

Climbing Everest, the world’s highest peak, is considered extremely difficult and risky, even for experienced climbers.