Kathmandu: A Dutch mountaineer has died after scaling Mount Everest following the death of an Indian climber who fell sick while descending Nepal's Dhaulagiri peak.
The climber from Netherlands died on Friday while descending the highest peak in the world after he became sick due to altitude sickness, said Mingma Sherpa, Managing Director of Seven Summit Treks, that managed the expedition.
"Mountain guides are working to bring the body back to base camp first before flying back to Kathmandu," said an official at the Tourism Ministry.
Earlier on Thursday, Rajib Bhattacharya, who had scaled Everest in 2011, complained of difficulty in vision before he collapsed and died while on his way down from the 8,167-metre Dhaulagiri peak.