American climber dies on Everest

Drama on top of the world. An American mountaineer has died on Everest in Nepal, the organizer of his expedition announced on Tuesday May 2. It is the fourth death of the season – the first of a foreign climber – on the highest mountain in the world.

The 69-year-old mountaineer died suddenly on Monday while acclimatizing at Camp 2, around 6,400 meters above sea level. “He was not feeling well and died at Camp 2. Efforts are underway to get his body back down”Pasang Tshering Sherpa of the Beyul Adventure organization told AFP.

The spring season, which lasts from mid-April to the end of May, started tragically this year on Everest with the disappearance of three Nepalese climbers last month. The trio were crossing the dangerous Khumbu Icefall to deliver supplies to Camp 1, the first stop on the route to the summit of Everest, when they were hit by a mass of snow and dragged down a crevasse .