Three climbers die on Mt Everest
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18142900
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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.
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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.
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An expensive and risky excursion, then .... :idc:
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