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Two Climbers Die on Mt. Everest

INTO THIN AIR

While coming back down from the summit.

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Two mountaineers have died while descending Mount Everest after reaching the mountain's summit, according to organizers. Both climbers, one of whom was Australian and the other Dutch, died of altitude sickness.

Read it at Agence France-Presse