Three climbers die on the descent of Everest

Three climbers, a German, a Canadian and Korean descent have died while attempting Mount Everest, 8,850 meters, as reported by the Nepalese authorities today. Eberhard Schaaf, 61, from Germany, died on Saturday as it descended with the Eco Everest Expedition, which is responsible for removing accumulated waste on the mountain. The company director Asia Trekking, Ang Tshering, explained that "Schaaf died in the south summit of Sagarmatha due to altitude sickness," referring to the Nepali name for Everest. This peak reaches up to 8,747 meters. Tshering said that the family and the German Embassy in Nepal have been informed. "If the family wants to get back the body will try, but it is very difficult to do from that altitude," said. The Nepalese-born Canadian Shriya Shah, 32, and Korean, Song Won Bin, also died this weekend, as reported by Nepalese Tourism Minister, Gyanendra Shrestha. Around 3,700 people have climbed Mount Everest since New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953 consiguiesen it. At least 236 people have died on its slopes.Currently, some 300 climbers are scattered in different camps waiting for good weather to start the climb before the next rainy season begins and all the climbers are evacuated from the Nepal Himalaya.