(AP) KATMANDU, Nepal - Climbers have reported seeing another body on Mount Everest, raising the death toll to four for one of the worst days ever on the world's highest mountain.

Mount Everest has claimed the lives of almost 300 climbers since the first attempt to conquer the mountain in 1921 — two-thirds of whom are buried in the mountain’s ice and snow.

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KATHMANDU, Nepal — The Indian man wept as a helicopter landed in Kathmandu carrying the body of his brother, one of hundreds of climbers who have died while attempting to climb Mount Everest.

The first target for mountaineers is Everest base camp at approximately 17,000 feet, which takes climbers about two weeks. Then they ascend to the three remaining camps stationed along the mountain.

Mountaineers form a line as they climb Mount Everest, in Nepal, in May 2021. A different photo of a line of climbers along a precipice near the summit went viral in 2019.

JOHN WAECHTER. John Waechter reached the summit of Mt. Everest (29,029 ft.) on May 25th, 2001. With the ascent of Mt. Everest, he successfully completed climbing the highest peak on each of the ...

When a loved one or fellow climber is severely injured or dies on the mountain, it’s routine to leave them behind if you’re unable to save them, according to Alan Arnette, a mountaineer coach who ...

The first target for mountaineers is Everest base camp at approximately 17,000 feet, which takes climbers about two weeks. Then they ascend to the three remaining camps stationed along the mountain.