Dramatic rescue of an Argentinian at the top of Everest: he had pulmonary edema

It's about Cordoba Ricardo Birn, 51, who reached 8400 meters from the mountain range, but decided to return shortly after reaching the summit because of the number of people obstructed that day, May 22, which also caused several deaths.

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According to the story, Ricardo would have stopped reaching the summit by seeing the large number of people in front of him. At that moment, he was spitting blood and his ribs were very painful.

Given this, Birn had to be rescued spectacularly by helicopter and is now recovering in a hospital in Kathmandu. According to doctors He had pulmonary edema and was miraculously saved.

"There were a lot of people at the top, it ended on an unusual record, everyone chose the same day and this caused the fouling and the delay." it made me turn around ", explained Cordovan in dialogue with Radio 10.

"Thank God, I turned around, because that day, some people died," Ricardo added that it was the second time that he was trying to reach Everest and that in the first he was also leaving.

L & # 39; American Donald Lynn Cash and India Anjali Kulkarni these were the first two reported victims. The man fainted as he descended from the top and the woman also died down, after being stuck among people.

This Friday, the Indians joined the list Kalpana Das, 52 years old and Nihal Bagwan, 27 years old, killed when they came down from Everest after spending hours in the bottle. In addition, another Austrian mountaineer aged 65 has died.