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2018: The climber died, climbing up Everest for advertizing of the ASKfm cryptocurrency

At the beginning of June, 2018 it became known of the death of the climber who ascended to Everest for advertizing of the cryptocurrency advanced by social network ASKfm.

At the beginning of May, 2018 ASKfm announced ICO for the purpose of attraction of financial resources for updating of the website and migration on a blockchain platform. By preparation for primary public placement of tokens an advertizing campaign within which the device cryptopurse raising from 500 thousand was supposed tokens (about $50 thousand) for Everest was started. As envisioned, anyone can climb up the mountain and catch a prize.

For placement of tokens the expedition from three Ukrainians and local conductors (sherpas) was sent to Everest. At first everything went according to the plan: climbers rose up, took the picture and advertized the ASKfm project. Rock-climbers reached top, left Ledger purse with tokens of ASKT there and shot on this occasion the video which then was published on ASKfm. In this video there was no word about a tragic incident who became known later.

One of members of an expedition Taras Pozdny told that in their last set-up camp at the height of 7900 m, there was very bad weather.

When we reached the final camp, one of sherpas died. My conductor led me further. Gradually we went further, and the sherpa of the workmate remained at top. More we did not see him — he reported.

According to Late, the local attendant was gone, nobody saw him. The ministry of tourism of Nepal at first said that this inhabitant got burn of a cornea of eyes, and, according to some information from media, it broke from the rock because of physical exhaustion.

The Nepalese authorities carried out search of the missing, did not find a body and confirmed his death. Taras Pozdny got several frostbites, but later was recovered.^[1]

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