Singaporean climber Shrinivas Sainis last sent a text message to his wife on Friday night (May 19) saying he has reached the summit of Everest, but that he will likely not make it back down. Mr Shrinivas, 39, who is an executive director at real estate firm Jones Lang Laselle, left for Mount Everest on April 1. He was due...
Singaporean climber Shrinivas Sainis told his wife on May 19 that he had come down with High Altitude Cerebral Edema. PHOTO: REUTERS
Mr Shrinivas, 39, who is an executive director at real estate firm Jones Lang Laselle, left for Mount Everest on April 1. He was due to return home on June 4. Mdm Soma said: “Through his satellite phone, he told me that he had made it to the summit. But then he followed with bad news, saying he would not be able to make it down.”
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