product management for the overall privacy team, died this morning of
a head injury after a 7.9 magnitude earthquaketriggered an avalanche
on Mount Everest.
An experienced climber, Fredinburg co-founded in his spare time Google
Adventure, a company team that "translate[d] the Google Street View
concept into extreme, exotic locations like the summit of Mount
Everest or the Great Barrier Reef off Australia," as described by
Startup Grind. He, along with fellow Googlers Michele Battelli and Flo
Nagl, were scaling the world's tallest mountain one year after an
avalanchethere killed 16 sherpas.
His sister Megan confirmed his passing in a post on his Instagram
account. Two others in his party suffered non-life-threatening
injuries, according to their mountaineering company Jagged Globe:
"1847 BST. It is with the greatest sorrow that we report the death of
one of our Everest team members, Daniel Fredinburg. Two other team
members have non-life threatening injuries, as a result of the
avalanche that struck base camp during the earthquake and its
aftershocks. They are being looked after in base camp. All Sherpas and
other team members are uninjured and are safe in base camp or in Gorak
Shep, a nearby cluster of tea houses and lodges.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to Dan's family and friends whilst we
pray too for all those who have lost their lives in one of the
greatest tragedies ever to hit this Himalayan nation.
In total, more than 1,100 peoplewere killed by the earthquake,
including 18 Mount Everest climbers. It's said to be the worst
earthquake in Nepal in the past 80 years.
Friends and coworkers took to the Web to share their remembrances of
Fredinburg and their sympathies for his family.
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