First a Malaysian, now a Singaporean climber also missing after reaching summit of Mount Everest

Singaporean climber Shrinivas Sainis told his wife on May 19 that he had come down with High Altitude Cerebral Edema. - Reuters

SINGAPORE, May 20 (The Straits Times/ANN): Singaporean climber Shrinivas Sainis last sent a text message to his wife on Friday saying he had reached the summit of Everest, but he was not likely to make it back down.

Shrinivas, 39, who is an executive director at real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle, left for Mount Everest on April 1. He was due to return home on June 4.