AKIPRESS.COM - Rescuers found the body of a second Mongolian climber who went missing on Mount Everest, confirming the second fatality on the world's highest peak this mountaineering season, reports, citing expedition organizers, RTL Today reports.

53-year-old Usukhjargal Tsedendamba and 31-year-old Purevsuren Lkhagvajav were last in contact Sunday evening from Camp 4, which is situated less than a kilometer below the summit.

Tsedendamba's body was found around an altitude of 8,600 meters on Friday morning after days of search and rescue operations that had been hampered by bad weather.

"The second body was also found on Friday, but needed verification. We confirmed it was him yesterday," Pemba Sherpa of 8k Expeditions, which organized the duo's climbing permits and base camp stay, told AFP. He added that the rescuers are trying to bring the bodies down.

Sherpa said that two men were climbing without guides and that their walkie-talkie had been found in their tent.

Nepal's tourism department said in a statement on Tuesday that another team had spotted the pair "heading towards Everest's summit" on Monday morning.