A 43-year-old Connecticut husband and father of three has died after participating in a grueling endurance event in Wyoming called “Everesting.” Slava Leykind, of Westport, suffered an electrolyte ...

A man is dead after participating in a Mount Everest -themed endurance challenge. Slava Leykind died at age 43 on July 2 "from complications sustained" at the event, according to his online obituary.

A man is dead after participating in a Mount Everest -themed endurance challenge. Slava Leykind died at age 43 on July 2 "from complications sustained" at the event, according to his online obituary.

His obituary reads: "Slava Leykind, 43, of Westport, passed away on July 2 from complications sustained while participating in a mountain endurance event earlier that week." ...

Slava Leykind, 43, of Westport, Connecticut, went into cardiac arrest after competing in the event at Snow King Mountain in Jackson Hole late last month.