A U.S. climber has died on Mount Everest, his expedition organizer said, the first foreign death on the highest mountain in the world this season.
A U.S. climber has died on Mount Everest, his expedition organizer said Tuesday, the first foreign death on the highest mountain in the world this season."He was feeling unwell and passed away at Camp 2. Efforts are underway to bring his body," Pasang Tshering Sherpa of Beyul Adventure told Agence France-Presse.Beyul Adventure is a local partner of U.S.-based expedition organizer International Mountain Guides.
Nepal has issued 466 permits to foreign climbers, and since most will need a guide, more than 900 people will try to summit this season, which runs until early June. Nepal is home to eight of the world's 10 highest peaks and welcomes hundreds of adventurers each spring, when temperatures are warm and winds are typically calm., the world's 10th highest mountain, which has an even higher death rate than Everest.
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