KATHMANDU: A trekking guide has died after crossing the Thorong La Pass on the Annapurna Circuit. The 27-year-old Lakchandra Kulung, a resident of Mahakulung Rural Municipality-3 in Solukhumbu, passed away on Wednesday night while undergoing treatment at the Provincial Hospital in Jomsom.
According to Information Officer and Police Inspector Ishwor Mahat of the District Police Office in Mustang, Kulung was leading a French tourist through the Himalayan Hub Adventure Pvt. Ltd. The group had traveled from Manang across the Thorong La Pass and arrived at Muktinath in Baragung Muktichhetra-1, Mustang, on Wednesday.
The incident occurred while the guide was at a hotel in Muktinath. After Kulung went into the bathroom to bathe and failed to emerge for a significant amount of time, the hotel operator notified the local police. Kulung was found unconscious inside the bathroom and was immediately rushed to the Provincial Hospital in Jomsom, where he later died. Police stated that an investigation into the circumstances of the incident is currently underway.
