Johnny Saliba, 60, died at an altitude of 8,120 metres (26,640 feet) during his summit push on Sunday.
"He was heading to the summit but his guide brought him down after he suffered symptoms of altitude sickness. And then he passed away," said Bodha Raj Bhandari, expedition organiser at Snowy Horizon Treks and Expedition.
Bhandari added that Saliba's family had been informed and efforts were underway to retrieve his body.
He was part of a French team on the 8,485-metre-tall (27,838-feet) mountain... Читать дальше...