I may not make it back down, climber texts wife


Climber Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya (pic) 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 a real estate firm, left for Mount Everest on April 1. He was due to return home on June 4.

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