KATHMANDU, Oct 29, 2014 (AFP) - A German climber has died while descending a Himalayan peak in eastern Nepal, one week after an American fell to his death on the same mountain, police said Wednesday.
The 58-year-old man died on Monday morning while using fixed ropes on his descent after scaling the 6,812-metre (22,349-foot) Ama Dablam mountain in the Everest region, said local police official Khagendra Bahadur Khadka.
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