An Indian Mountain climber, Subhash Paul has died on Mount Everest, becoming the third fatality in three days on the mountain.
A Dutch man and an Australian woman both died over the weekend as a result of altitude sickness.
Altitude sickness, also known as acute mountain sickness, occurs when people have difficulty adapting to low oxygen levels at high altitude.
Most cases are mild and result in headaches, nausea or dizziness, but in rare cases there can be a potentially fatal build-up of fluid on the brain and lungs.
Some
30 climbers have suffered frostbite or become seriously ill on Everest
in recent days, as the spring climbing season comes to a close.
Two
other Indian climbers who had been with Mr Paul have also been reported
missing in the so-called "death zone" near the summit.
However the mountain's most successful female climber reached the summit for the seventh time on Friday.
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