May 21, 2012
Updated May 21, 2012 at 8:28 AM EDT
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) – Three climbers who were among scores who scaled Mount Everest over the weekend died and two more are missing.
The three climbers who died Saturday were believed to have suffered exhaustion and altitude sickness.
They were identified as 61-year-old German doctor Eberhard Schaaf, Nepal-born Canadian Shriya Shah, and South Korean mountaineer Song Won-bin. The missing climbers are a Chinese national and his Nepalese Sherpa guide.
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