The park service said today that Sanjay Pandit, of Kathmandu, was descending the mountain Friday with two teammates when he died of an unknown medical illness. Denali's summit is at 20,310 feet (6,190-meters).
Pandit was on Denali's West Buttress route. The park service received a request for help at about 1 a.M. Friday from a party at the 17,500-foot (5,334-meter) level.
Two park service mountaineering volunteers reached the party and found the stricken climber unresponsive. Despite emergency interventions, the climber did not regain consciousness and was pronounced dead.
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