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Two foreign climbers - a Swiss and an American - have died on Mount Everest in the season's first casualties on the mountain.

1 Swiss, 1 American die on Everest in year’s 1st fatalities A Swiss climber and an American have died on Mount Everest in the season’s first casualties on the world’s highest mountain, expedition organizers said Thursday. The Swiss climber, Abdul Waraich, 41, reached the peak before having difficulties, said Chhang Dawa of the expedition organizer, Seven Summit Treks in Nepal. U.S. national Puwei Liu, 55, also died at the highest camp on the mountain at South Col. He had reached the climbing feature named the Hillary Step, located between South Col and the summit, but had to return beca...

Everest organizers told Agence France-Presse the two climbers died on Wednesday. They are the first deaths of this year's climbing season.

2021-05-13 06:20:19 GMT2021-05-13 14:20:19(Beijing Time) Sina English AFP In this photograph taken on May 2, an helicopter flies over Khumbu glacier in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district, some 140km northeast of Nepal's capital Kathmandu. Two climbers, from the United States and Switzerland, have died on Mount Everest, the first fatalities of this year's season, expedition organizers in Nepal said on Thursday. On average around five climbers die every year on the world's highest peak. But in recent seasons, Everest has seen a surge in the number of climbers, leading to ove...

A Swiss climber and an American have died on Mount Everest in the first fatalities of the season on the world’s highest mountain, expedition organisers said today.The Swiss climber Abdul Waraich, 41