{"id":155007,"date":"2015-09-26T15:49:42","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T15:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=155007"},"modified":"2015-09-26T15:49:42","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T15:49:42","slug":"one-fingered-climber-nears-everest-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/one-fingered-climber-nears-everest-top\/","title":{"rendered":"One-fingered climber nears Everest top"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Japanese mountaineer who has previously lost nine fingers to frostbite is nearing the final stage of an attempt to climb Mount Everest.<\/p>\n
Latest contact suggests that Nobukazu Kuriki, 33, has reached the South Col, where he will rest before a final push later on Saturday to reach the summit.<\/p>\n
Mr Kuriki is the first person to attempt the climb since Nepal’s devastating earthquake in April.<\/p>\n
It will be his fifth try at reaching the summit in the past six years.<\/p>\n
Mr Kuriki is expected to rest on the South Col for about seven to eight hours before attempting the final leg of the climb.<\/p>\n
It is not uncommon for climbers to set out for the summit late at night to reach the top around dawn, Ang Tsering, the president of the Nepalese Mountaineering Association, told the BBC.<\/p>\n