<p>A 58-year-old Indian mountaineer, who went missing on Mount Everest nearly a week ago, was today found dead while attempts were being made to locate another Indian climber whose body was reportedly lying above 8,000 metres on the world's highest mountain.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to Wangchu Sherpa, the managing director at Trekking Camp Nepal that managed the expedition, a team of six Sherpas retrieved the body of Paresh Chandra Nath above the camp IV.<br /><br />His body is being brought to the camp II, Sherpa said.<br /><br />However, they could not move ahead from the higher camp to locate another missing climber Goutam Ghosh whose body was also reportedly lying above 8,000 metres on the high mountain.<br /><br />"High wind forced the rescuers to descend from the Camp IV after locating Paresh Nath's body," he said.<br /><br />Other climbers who made it to summit early this week are reported to have seen the body of Ghosh.<br /><br />Nath and Ghosh were near the summit of the 8,848-metre peak last Saturday when they lost contact with the rest of the four-member team, all of whom were Indians.<br /><br />Five people have died so far during this Himalayan climbing season, which saw about 400 mountaineers summit the world's highest peak, officials have said.<br /><br />A Dutch and an Australian woman died of altitude sickness last Friday and Saturday respectively. A Nepali guide died on Thursday after he slipped and fell 2,000 metres. Another Indian climber had died a few days ago.<br /><br />More than three dozen other climbers have developed frostbite or become sick near the summit in the past few days.<br /><br />Nearly 40 climbers including an Indian woman have developed frostbite during this Himalayan climbing season<br /><br />Last year, devastating earthquake caused the climbing season to be canceled and climbing attempts were largely abandoned in 2014 after an avalanche above the base camp killed 16 Sherpa guides.<br /><br />At least 19 climbers were killed in the avalanche triggered by the earthquake. <br /></p>
<p>A 58-year-old Indian mountaineer, who went missing on Mount Everest nearly a week ago, was today found dead while attempts were being made to locate another Indian climber whose body was reportedly lying above 8,000 metres on the world's highest mountain.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to Wangchu Sherpa, the managing director at Trekking Camp Nepal that managed the expedition, a team of six Sherpas retrieved the body of Paresh Chandra Nath above the camp IV.<br /><br />His body is being brought to the camp II, Sherpa said.<br /><br />However, they could not move ahead from the higher camp to locate another missing climber Goutam Ghosh whose body was also reportedly lying above 8,000 metres on the high mountain.<br /><br />"High wind forced the rescuers to descend from the Camp IV after locating Paresh Nath's body," he said.<br /><br />Other climbers who made it to summit early this week are reported to have seen the body of Ghosh.<br /><br />Nath and Ghosh were near the summit of the 8,848-metre peak last Saturday when they lost contact with the rest of the four-member team, all of whom were Indians.<br /><br />Five people have died so far during this Himalayan climbing season, which saw about 400 mountaineers summit the world's highest peak, officials have said.<br /><br />A Dutch and an Australian woman died of altitude sickness last Friday and Saturday respectively. A Nepali guide died on Thursday after he slipped and fell 2,000 metres. Another Indian climber had died a few days ago.<br /><br />More than three dozen other climbers have developed frostbite or become sick near the summit in the past few days.<br /><br />Nearly 40 climbers including an Indian woman have developed frostbite during this Himalayan climbing season<br /><br />Last year, devastating earthquake caused the climbing season to be canceled and climbing attempts were largely abandoned in 2014 after an avalanche above the base camp killed 16 Sherpa guides.<br /><br />At least 19 climbers were killed in the avalanche triggered by the earthquake. <br /></p>