Mount Everest.(Photo: NARENDRA SHRESTHA, EPA)
A Dutch climber who had reached the summit of Mount Everest on his fifth attempt died on his way down from apparent altitude sickness, according to international news reports.
Eric Arnold, whose Twitter account said he was from Rotterdam, was in a group of more than 40 climbers who reached the 29,035-foot summit on Friday, according to Reuters.
Employees of the Seven Summit Treks agency in Kathmandu told reporters that Arnold died at Camp IV and had been suffering from weakness and frost bite.
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Arnold’s personal website was taken down and replaced with an “In Memoriam” picture of the climber.
The last tweet on his account was Friday and included a picture of him in full gear and an oxygen mask and, translated from Dutch, read “Mountaineer Eric Arnold reached top Mount Everest at fifth attempt.”
Two of his previous attempts to climb Mount Everest, in 2014 and 2015,<span style="color: Red;">*</span><span style="color: Red;">*</span>were cut short by deadly earthquakes, according to
The Himalayan Times.
Arnold had told a local Dutch television station last year that climbing Mount Everest was a childhood dream, the Associated Press<span style="color: Red;">*</span>reported.
“I used to have a poster of Mount Everest above my bed,” he said.
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