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The Dhaulagiri Range, on the left and the Annapurna Range, on the right of the central Himalayas as trekkers view the sweeping sunrise from Poon Hill, above the village of Ghorepani, in central Nepal, on Oct. 24, 2014. Malcolm Foster/AP Photo
KATHMANDU, Nepal—Five Russian mountaineers who appeared to have slipped and fallen on the world’s seventh-highest peak have died, an expedition organizer in Nepal said Tuesday.
The Russians were climbing 8,167-meters (26,788-foot) high Mount Dhaulagiri during Nepal’s autumn climbing season.
