4 climbers die on Mount Everest

Beginning Thursday, four people have died in the span of four days on Mount Everest, while two others have gone missing. Danger is inherent in climbing the world's highest peak. And there are fatalities -- more than 250 climbers have died since the first official ascent was made in April was the first month of climbing since all ascent was halted after the catastrophic earthquake that struck Nepal in 2015 and a deadly avalanche that killed 16 Sherpas in one day in year old Phurba Sherpa from Nepal fell to his death, Eric Arnold, 36, of the Netherlands died at night while heading back after a successful summit on Everest (a heart attack was suspected), 34 year old Maria Strydom from Australia and Indian Subash Paul, 44, died from altitude sickness.

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