Seven Climbers Die in a Week on Mount Everest

Three more climbers have died on Mount Everest, expedition organizers and officials said Friday, taking the toll from a deadly week on the overcrowded world's highest peak to seven.  "Two more Indian climbers have died on Everest yesterday," Mira Acharya, spokeswoman for Nepal's Tourism Department, told AFP, while expedition organizers confirmed the third fatality. Kalpana Das, 52, reached the summit but died Thursday afternoon while descending, as a huge number...

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