By Peter Lukimson, exclusively to VK
Israel is waiting for the return of its young mountaineer Nadav Ben-Jegud, 24, hoping that Nepali doctors were wrong and it is still possible to save his frostbitten hands. Nadav Ben-Jegud was supposed to become the sixth Israeli mountaineer (and the youngest one) to conquer Everest, but he has to stop only 300 metres away from his goal to help a Turkish mountaineer who was on the brink of death. Israeli sportsmen also helped a Georgian and an English mountaineer before that. During his 8-hour rescue effort Nadav Ben-Jegud alone managed to get to his Turkish colleague and pull him from under, and then a rescue helicopter transported them both to a hospital in Kathmandy.
Nadav Ben-Jegud’s hands got frostbitten and there’s a good chance that an amputation will be needed. As the young sportsman hoped to pursue career in mountaineering and therapeutic massage, losin his hands would be a major tragedy for him. So now literally all Israeli people hope that their medicine will be able to make a miracle.
Nadav Ben-Jegud failed to conquer Everest, but he probably conquered a much greater height… More than 50 people have already lost their lives during this mountaineering season trying to conquer the world’s greatest peak. Only last Sunday four sportsmen from Germany, Canada and South Korea died their.
