A British climber died hours after summiting Mount Everest as he was unable to descend and fellow climbers couldn't bring him down, AP quoted a Chinese official and his climbing team as saying today. Peter Kinloch reached the top of the world's highest mountain on the afternoon of May 25 but died early the next morning, according to SummitClimb, the British-based company he was climbing with. «It is with our deepest regrets that we report the passing of Peter Kinloch, who was a bright spark in our team, and he is missed very much,» the company's statement said. It did not give details of Kinloch's death. The 28-year-old motivational speaker was climbing the 29,035-foot (8,850-meter) mountain from the Chinese side, the lesser traveled but technically more difficult route. The mountain straddles China and Nepal, and hundreds of people try to climb it each year. It was not clear whether an attempt would be made to retrieve his body. The bodies of other climbers have been left on the mountain in the past because of the harsh conditions. -- SPA
