Shilpa Shah and her guide were returning from a successful trip when they fell and died (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
A British climber and her guide have died after ‘slipping on ice’ as the pair attempted to descend Mount Kenya.
Shilpa Shah, 60, from London, fell to her death as her guide attempted to grab her before both tragically slid over the cliff edge.
The pair were returning from a hike to Point Lenana, the mountain’s third-highest summit.
They fell several hundred metres between Lenana and the Austrian Hut on the Naro Moru route – one of the most popular among hikers.
Bad weather forced rescuers to make three attempts to rescue the bodies of Shah and her guide, Kelvin Muriuki Mwithi, on Friday.
Shah was reportedly one of eight in an all-women group of climbers, her body has now been flown to the capital, Nairobi.
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A spokesperson for the Foreign Office said: ‘We are supporting the family of a British woman who has died in Kenya and are in contact with local authorities’.
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Colleagues of Mwithi have also set up a fund to help support his wife and young child.
Robert Kamura, who helped organise the fund, said on Facebook: ‘My friend has rested.
‘Our hearts are broken. May his soul transition to the afterlife peacefully.
‘He always wore a smile and was an incredibly kind and positive human’.
October falls in the rainy season in Kenya which can cause the mountain conditions to become incredibly dangerous.
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The woman from London been climbing Mount Kenya.
