Tomaz Humar R.I.P.
Dear mountain friends,
At around 06.00 hour CET we got a call from our rescue team in Nepal. The rescue was made a few minutes ago. Pilots Sabin Basnyat and Robert Andenmatten and rescuer Simon Anthamatten could get Tomaz down from Langtang Lirung. Unfortunately Tomaz did not survive… All our thoughts are with his family and friends.
The lifeless body of Tomaz was found at 5600 meters in the south face. Robert decided to use 25 meters of static rope to bring Simon to the accident site. Tomaz was further down than expected and had at least a broken leg. Robert, who was with a Nepali captain, first flew Tomaz to basecamp and went up again to get Simon.
In the name of the team we like to thank all of you for the tremendous support and help.
Best regards
Gerold Biner
Menno Boermans
Air Zermatt Switzerland
zaterdag 14 november 2009, 11:32 uur
Lovenswaardige reddingsactie!
Een icoon verloren. De verandering na Nanga Parbat was enorm. Van commercieel naar zo weinig mogelijk mensen iets laten weten.
zaterdag 14 november 2009, 13:05 uur
srečno Tomaž! upam da lahko najdeš mir
zaterdag 14 november 2009, 13:16 uur
Tomaz; bil si in za vedno bos ponos Slovenije.
Pocivaj v miru
zaterdag 14 november 2009, 14:07 uur
That’s shocking news. My deepest sympathy to his family and friends and everyone left in basecamp.
zaterdag 14 november 2009, 14:48 uur
So sad to read. I remember his lecture in the Netherlands 1,5 year ago. A strong personality en great mountaineer has passed away.