Omah
21-05-2012, 09:50 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18142900
Three climbers have died while returning from the summit of Mt Everest, Nepali officials say.
The three are believed to be a South Korean, a German and a Nepali-born Canadian woman.
Conditions were favourable on Friday and Saturday morning but a wind storm swept the mountain later on Saturday, Mountaineering Department official Gyanendra Shresth told AP.
Two more climbers are currently missing, he added.
The death rate has remained at one death for every 10 successful attempts to climb Everest for many years, the British Medical Journal report states.
An expensive and risky excursion, then .... :idc:
Three climbers have died while returning from the summit of Mt Everest, Nepali officials say.
The three are believed to be a South Korean, a German and a Nepali-born Canadian woman.
Conditions were favourable on Friday and Saturday morning but a wind storm swept the mountain later on Saturday, Mountaineering Department official Gyanendra Shresth told AP.
Two more climbers are currently missing, he added.
The death rate has remained at one death for every 10 successful attempts to climb Everest for many years, the British Medical Journal report states.
An expensive and risky excursion, then .... :idc: