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Indian climber dies after Everest bid, eighth death this season

By AFP | 1yr ago

Mountaineers during their ascend to Mount Everest's summit, in Nepal. [AFP]

An Indian climber rescued from Everest has died in hospital, a Nepali tourism official said Tuesday, taking the number of fatalities this season on the world's highest mountain to eight.

Banshi Lal, 46, was plucked from the mountain last week and taken to a hospital in Nepal's capital Kathmandu.

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