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Kenyan climber Cheruiyot Kirui found dead on Mount Everest

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The late Cheruiyot Kirui.

A Kenyan mountain climber has died while attempting to scale Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen.

Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui is reported to have died after he went missing on Wednesday morning in the company of a Nepali guide who is still missing.

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