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34-year-old Aussie mountaineer dead while descending Everest
New Delhi/Kathmandu, May 23 (IBNS) A 34-year-old Australian woman reportedly died on Saturday, while descending Mt. Everest, according to reports.
Maria Strydom, the deceased, became the second fatality after Dutch climber Eric Ary Arnold, who died a day earlier, on Friday.
Several climbers were also reported to have been suffering from frost bite, while there were some new records created.
Lhakpa Sherpa, a Nepalese climber, permanently residing in the US, broke her own record of most number of summit finish by a woman, as she reached the summit once again.
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