Mt. Qomolangma claimed its first victim this year when a high-altitude porter fell to his death on Thursday, The Himalayan Times daily reported on Saturday.

According to the daily, Dawa Sherpa, a 40-year-old from Solukhumbu district in mountainous northern Nepal, slipped while climbing from Camp 2 to Camp 3.

He was part of the 10-member international team, a commercial expedition led by Austrian climber Herbert Wolf who has scaled Mt. Qomolangma twice earlier.

Source: Xinhua