BREAKING: An Australian man has died climbing Mount Everest in Nepal. 7NEWS
“It is with absolute broken hearts that our dearly beloved brother, son, cousin, friend passed away Friday 19th climbing Mt Everest,” the post said.Jason Bernard Kennison has died on Mt Everest in Nepal“He was the most courageous, adventurous human we knew and he will be forever missed,” the post said.Expedition company Asian Trekking helped Kennison organise the trip, and managing director Dawa Steven Sherpa said two guides were with the Australian when he became unresponsive.
“They ran out of oxygen and bringing supplement bottles from Camp IV couldn’t be possible due to excessive winds,” Sherpa told AFP. “It was high wind and bad weather that prevented them going back to bring him down. He died at the Balcony area.” Kennison, a diesel mechanic, who was living in Perth, was involved in a serious crash when he was 22 years old.
He said he spiralled into depression after being he was told his career as a mechanic was over because of multiple broken bones and a spinal cord injury.Jason Kennison spent years rehabilitating from a serious crash that left him unable to walkBut about four years ago, he went back to rehab because of nerve damage to his spine.
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