American climber dies on Mount Everest, expedition organizer says

A U.S. climber has died on Mount Everest, his expedition organizer said Tuesday, the first foreign death on the highest mountain in the world this season.

The 69-year-old mountaineer was at approximately 21,000 feet when he died on Monday.

"He was feeling unwell and passed away at Camp 2. Efforts are underway to bring (back) his body," Pasang Tshering Sherpa of Beyul Adventure told Agence France-Presse.