Three climbers die on Mt Everest
15:29, 21 May 2012
KAZTHMANDU. May 21. KAZINFORM 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.
According to BBC, 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 Canadian woman was named by officials as Shriya Shah.
The South Korean climber died at The Balcony, an area near the top of the 8,848m (29,029ft) peak, Ang Tshering Sherpa of the Kathmandu-based Asian Trekking adventure agency told Agence France Presse.