Season's highest, the toll on Mt. everest reaches 11

With the death of a US climber on Mt. Everest, the toll at the world's highest mountain has touched its peak at 11, including four Indians, as the climbing season draws to a close.

Christopher John Kulish, 61, breathed his last on Monday after scaling Everest. Although, he came down to the South Cole safely in the Evening, he all of a sudden had heart stroke and died, Meera Acharya, senior official at the tourism department, told PTI.

Even as the number of deaths were put at 11 across the international media, the Nepal tourism ministry maintained the number at 9.

The climbing season, which began on May 14, will come to an end on Friday.

Four Indians died on the Everest and two each died on Mt. Kanchanjunga and Mt. Makalu, bringing the total death toll of Indian climbers in the Himalayas to 8.

Indians have topped among the international climbers attempting to scale the Summit this spring with a total number of 78 of them getting permission.

After the end of the season, some crucial ...