Mount everest is the highest mountain in the world along with one of the most deadly mountains. Avalanches killed 35 climbers on Mount Everest the past two years. Since last Thursday four people have died on the 29,035-foot peak, including a Sherpa. "Everest is a mountain of extremes," said Jon Kedrowski, a geographer and climber who summited Mount Everest in 2012, when 10 climbers died.
Journalist says the deaths went in order like so, "1. Eric Arnold, 36, of the Netherlands, died at night while heading back after a successful summit on Everest, according to Tashi Lakpa Sherpa, the owner of Seven Summit Treks. A heart attack was suspected, he said. 2. Crew member Phurba Sherpa (no relation to the journalist of the same name) fell to his death. The 25-year-old had been working to fix a route about 150 meters near the summit when he fell, according to Mingma Sherpa, the Nepal rescue team leader who was at the Everest Base Camp.3. An Australian woman, Maria Strydom, who was also traveling with the Seven Summit Treks, started suffering altitude sickness. She had reached Camp IV, the final camp before the summit. 4.Subash Paul, 44, died at Base Camp II from altitude sickness, according to Wangchu Sherpa, Managing Director of Trekking Camp Nepal. "
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/22/asia/everest-climbing-deaths/index.html
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