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| Everest: British man among latest mountain deaths | Everest: British man among latest mountain deaths |
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| Officials say a British man died on Saturday on Mount Everest - bringing to 10 the total death toll this season on the world's largest peak. | Officials say a British man died on Saturday on Mount Everest - bringing to 10 the total death toll this season on the world's largest peak. |
| Robin Haynes Fisher, 44, reportedly fell ill while descending from the summit. An Irish man, Kevin Hynes, also died on Everest on Friday. | Robin Haynes Fisher, 44, reportedly fell ill while descending from the summit. An Irish man, Kevin Hynes, also died on Everest on Friday. |
| Nepal is facing scrutiny for issuing a record 381 permits, at $11,000 (£8,600) each, for this year's Spring season. | Nepal is facing scrutiny for issuing a record 381 permits, at $11,000 (£8,600) each, for this year's Spring season. |
| There have been reports of overcrowding and queuing climbers near the summit. | There have been reports of overcrowding and queuing climbers near the summit. |
| This week a photograph showing the tailbacks on Everest has been shared widely on social media. | This week a photograph showing the tailbacks on Everest has been shared widely on social media. |
| Mr Fisher made it to Everest's summit on Saturday morning but collapsed and died only 150m down from the peak, his expedition company confirmed. | Mr Fisher made it to Everest's summit on Saturday morning but collapsed and died only 150m down from the peak, his expedition company confirmed. |
| "Our guides tried to help but he died soon after," Murari Sharma of Everest Parivar Expedition said. | "Our guides tried to help but he died soon after," Murari Sharma of Everest Parivar Expedition said. |
| A tourism official told The Himalayan Times that his Sherpa guide had also complained of feeling ill, and was rescued to a lower camp. | A tourism official told The Himalayan Times that his Sherpa guide had also complained of feeling ill, and was rescued to a lower camp. |
| A British Foreign Office spokesman confirmed they were in contact with tour operators and were ready to provide support to the British man's family. | |
| Mr Hynes, 56, from Ireland died on Friday on the northern Tibet side. | Mr Hynes, 56, from Ireland died on Friday on the northern Tibet side. |
| The father-of-two passed away in his tent at 7,000m (23,000ft) after turning back before reaching the mountain's peak. | The father-of-two passed away in his tent at 7,000m (23,000ft) after turning back before reaching the mountain's peak. |
| Other deaths from this week include four from India, one person from Nepal, an Austrian and an American. | Other deaths from this week include four from India, one person from Nepal, an Austrian and an American. |
| A second Irish man, professor Séamus Lawless, is presumed dead after falling on the mountain last week. | |
| In a statement on Friday, his family said that the search for his body had been called off in order to not endanger others. | |
| Conditions this year have been worse than usual, with high winds leaving a large number of climbers a narrow time frame to reach the summit. | Conditions this year have been worse than usual, with high winds leaving a large number of climbers a narrow time frame to reach the summit. |
| Rising numbers of people climbing - and dying - on Everest has led for calls for permits to be limited. | Rising numbers of people climbing - and dying - on Everest has led for calls for permits to be limited. |
| The number of people climbing Everest in 2019 could exceed last year's record of 807 people reaching the summit. | The number of people climbing Everest in 2019 could exceed last year's record of 807 people reaching the summit. |