KATHMANDU — Two climbers from the United States and Switzerland have died on Mount Everest, becoming the first fatalities of this year’s season, expedition organizers in Nepal said Thursday.
“Two climbers passed away on Wednesday,” Mingma Sherpa of Seven Summit Treks told AFP.
The Swiss climber died near the summit after reaching the top and was suffering from exhaustion, said Chhang Dawa Sherpa from the same organization.
“We sent two additional Sherpas with oxygen and foods, unfortunately Sherpas couldn’t save him,” he said on Instagram.
The American reached the Hillary Step but was helped back down after he suffered snow blindness and exhaustion, organizers said. He was …
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