The man, identified as Fernando Birman, collapsed at 19,700 feet above Denali, North America’s highest mountain peak. His mountain guides immediately began resuscitation, but Birman never regained his pulse and was pronounced dead on the spot, the statement said.
According to the report, the cause of Birman’s death is unknown, but “corresponds to the sudden cardiac arrest.”
Mountaineering guides helped restore Burman’s body from a 19,500-meter plateau known as the Football Field. Burman’s body was then transferred to an Alaska medical examiner late Friday night, the statement said.
Birman is at least the third climber to die in the park in 2022. His death comes just weeks after the 43-year-old Japanese climber was thought to be dead after falling into a crack. And in early May, an Austrian climber disappeared and was found dead on the slopes of Denali.
Denali National Park and Preserve consists of six million acres of desert in Alaska.
Denali, formerly known as McKinley Peak, measures 20,310 feet, one of the highest mountains in the world. The summit is extremely difficult and often requires a multi-week expedition, according to the National Park Service. The harsh weather in Alaska, the difficult terrain, including many glaciers, and the extremely high altitude are serious challenges for climbers.
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