October 10: World record-holder climber and mountain guide Tenzen Sherpa (Lama) has gone missing in an avalanche Mt Shishapangma (8,027 meters) of Tibet, China.    
American national Gina Marie Rzucidlo is also missing along with Sherpa in the avalanche that occurred on Saturday in Shishapangma, one of the world's 14th tallest peaks, according to the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.    
Issuing a press release on Monday, the ministry said that whereabouts of both the climbers is still unknown.    
Meanwhile, the ministry informed that Karma Gyalzen Sherpa, Mitra Bahadur Tamang and Kami Rita Sherpa have been critically injured in the avalanche.    
The ministry has been making necessary efforts to carry out a search for the missing ones while some of the climbers were rescued and are receiving treatment.    
The statement said that the ministry and the entire mountaineering sector is shocked from the news about the missing of the renowned world record keeper and climber Sherpa and the American climber.    
According to the ministry, guide Mingmar Sherpa and US national Anna Gutu were found dead in the avalanche that occurred on the same day. -- RSS