India, May 16 -- An Indian mountaineer died on Mount Everest after suffering symptoms of altitude sickness while descending from the summit, becoming the second fatality on the world's highest peak this climbing season, officials confirmed.

Subrata Ghosh, a 45-year-old climber from West Bengal, died just below the Hillary Step, a perilous section near the 8,848.86-metre (29,032-foot) summit. According to The Himalayan Times, Ghosh was part of the Mountaineering Association of Krishnanagar-Snowy Everest Expedition 2025 and had reached the summit late Saturday afternoon.

"Ghosh reached the summit around 2 p.m. but began to show signs of exhaustion and altitude sickness during the descent," said Bodhraj Bhandari, Managing Director at Snowy...