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Climber dies day after celebrating making it to top of Himalayan peak
https://www.yahoo.com/news/climber-dies-day-celebrating-making-101959014.htmlA Greek climber died Tuesday on Nepal's rugged Mount Dhaulagiri, expedition organizers said, in the first recorded fatality of this year's busy Himalayan spring climbing season.
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The 59-year-old had fallen ill while descending, mountain guide Mingma Sherpa of Seven Summit Treks told AFP.
"He died at an altitude of 7,400 meters. We are speaking with his family," Sherpa said.
A message Tuesday on his official Instagram account said that he died "after a huge physical and mental effort and lack of additional oxygen."
Dhaulagiri's 8,170-metre (26,800-foot) peak was first scaled in 1960 by a Swiss-Austrian team and has since been climbed by hundreds of people. The air pressure at that altitude is about 34.7 kPa, or about 34.7% of atmospheric pressure sea level.