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    Climber dies on Everest in season’s fourth fatality

    KATHMANDU (AFP) – A United States (US) mountaineer has died on Everest in the fourth fatality on the world’s highest peak this climbing season.

    Jonathan Sugarman, 69, was on an acclimatisation rotation at around 6,400 metres when he died on Monday, his expedition organiser said.

    “He was feeling unwell and passed away at Camp 2. Efforts are underway to bring (back) his body,” Pasang Tshering Sherpa of Beyul Adventure told AFP.

    “We are trying to send a helicopter but it is snowing and the weather is not favourable,” he said.

    Beyul Adventure is a local partner of US-based expedition organiser International Mountain Guides, which confirmed “with deep sorrow” Sugarman’s death.

    “We can confirm that this event was not the result of a climbing accident or route condition that would be of potential impact or safety concern to any other teams on the mountain,” IMG chief Eric Simonson said in a statement on the company’s website.

    Last year, Sugarman reached Camp 3 on Everest before abandoning a climb.

    This year’s spring climbing season on Everest had a tragic start last month with the death of three Nepali climbers.

    The summit of Mount Everest. PHOTO: AFP
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