A Dutch climber has died after reaching the summit of Mount Everest, expedition organisers said yesterday, the third death in a week to hit the Himalayan climbing season, reports AFP.
The mountaineer, named as Eric Arnold, died at Camp 4 after falling ill with altitude sickness late Friday as he descended the world's highest mountain, Mingma Sherpa, Managing Director of Seven Summit Treks said.
"The climber who died was a Dutch mountaineer named Eric Arnold. We got the news from his team leader, Arnold Coster, at base camp," Pasang Phurba Sherpa, a board director at the expedition agency told AFP.
Earlier Saturday a tourism official said authorities were working to bring the deceased climber's body to Everest base camp before transporting it to the Nepalese capital Kathmandu.
Arnold, 35, on Friday posted a picture on his Twitter account saying he had reached the top of the mountain.