SINGAPORE —The body of retired teacher Harry Tan, 76, who went missing while hiking near Mount Everest, was found on Friday (Oct 4) after a search and rescue operation that lasted more than a week. Tan reportedly went missing on Sept 26 near the 5,500m-high Kongma La Pass in Nepal, which is south of Everest Base Camp. Friends of Tan...
Harry Tan reportedly went missing on Sept 26 near the 5,500m-high Kongma La Pass in Nepal, which is south of Everest Base Camp.SINGAPORE —The body of retired teacher Harry Tan, 76, who went missing while hiking near Mount Everest, was found on Friday after a search and rescue operation that lasted more than a week.
Tan retired from a teaching position at the National Institute of Education in 2010, but continued to lecture part-time from 2013 to 2020. Raj Tamang, 58, who hiked to Everest Base Camp with Tan in 2019, said: "I've been in shock for the last nine days. I was hoping against hope; I thought if anyone could survive this, it was Harry."Tamang, a Nepali who grew up in Singapore, said he got to know Tan in 2015 during a golf tour in Nepal that he helped to organise for a group of golfers from Seletar Golf Club.
It was likely Tan's third trip to the Everest region, added Tamang, who has nearly 40 years of experience guiding treks.
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