On average, around five climbers die every spring climbing season on Everest.
Two more climbers have died on Everest, expedition organisers said on Thursday , bringing the number of deaths on the world's highest peak this spring climbing season to seven.
"We brought the Indian climber to Lukla from the base camp in a helicopter on Wednesday as she was sick and could not climb," Mr Da Dendi Sherpa, managing director at Glacier Himalaya Treks and Expedition, told AFP. "We tried to send her to Kathmandu. But due to the bad weather conditions, the helicopter could not fly to Kathmandu. She was admitted to a local hospital in Lukla where she died this morning," Mr Sherpa said.
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