Shriya Shah-Klorfine

Shriya Shah-Klorfine (January 11, 1979 – May 19, 2012) was a Nepal-born Canadian woman who died while descending from the summit of Mount Everest in 2012.

Early life Shah-Klorfine was born in Kathmandu, Nepal, according to CityNews. She attended Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu, Nepal.

She grew up in Mumbai, India, which she left to work on cruise ships as a purser.

Shah-Klorfine was also a businesswoman who started "SOS Splash of Style Inc."

Neither she nor the guide firm had significant climbing experience. The leader of the guide firm said he had asked her not to try to summit on that day, and previously warned her she was a below-average climber. The 2012 season was noted as the worst since 1996, with about 11 deaths for the season.

The Himalayan Database records that she died on May 19, 2012, on the south side of Mount Everest at 8400 meters altitude. Further fatalities that season include two on the north side and seven on the south side, with four other deaths on the same day as Shah-Klorfine. She was 33 years old. Shuttleworth and her father, with whom she was climbing, had to go around Shah-Klorfine's body, as she was still clipped to the climbing line. She was cremated in a Hindu temple in Kathmandu in late May. On July 8, 2012, a memorial service was ministered for her at a church in Toronto, Canada.

Legacy In 2012 Canadian journalist Bob McKeown travelled to Nepal with the goal of piecing together what happened. He released a documentary on the subject of his investigation which included video of Shah-Klorfine's final hours on Everest.

Shah-Klorfine has been noted as a case of the pros and cons of risk taking. The Vancouver Sun noted that dangerous adventures can offer achievement, but that danger can also result in death.

Another analysis questioned the common sense of a novice going with an inexperienced guiding firm,