An Indian climber identified as Subhash Paul, has died on Mount Everest, taking the death toll from the ongoing Himalayan climbing season to five. Two other climbers who were also with Paul's team have been untraceable since Sunday at the mountain's so-called "death zone" near the summit.

Paul lost his life Monday night while being rescued to lower camps from near the summit point. He was being taken to safety after falling sick on the summit.

Another member of the team, Sunita Hazra, who went missing, was later traced and rescued by Nepalese officials.

Paul was the fifth mountaineer and the second Indian to be killed on Mount Everest this year.

This climbing season is the first since an earthquake in Nepal last year that killed at least 18 people on Everest. Nearly 400 climbers have reached the summit from the mountain's Nepalese side since 11 May, thanks to good weather.