Indian climber dies in Everest bid to take toll to eight this season

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An Indian climber rescued from Everest has died in hospital, a Nepali tourism official said Tuesday, taking the number of

fatalities this season on the world's highest mountain to eight. Banshi Lal, 46, was plucked from the mountain last week and taken to a hospital in Nepal's capital Kathmandu. "He died at the hospital yesterday,"…

Banshi Lal, 46, was plucked from the mountain last week and taken to a hospital in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu.Three people — a British climber and two Nepali guides — among the eight are listed as missing but presumed dead. All the Everest deaths occurred in areas above 8,000 metres , known as the “death zone”, where thin air and low oxygen levels heighten the risk of altitude sickness.

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