A Queensland teenager has become the youngest Australian to conquer Mount Everest after successfully summiting the world's highest mountain.
"We can confirm that Alyssa Azar has successfully summited Mt Everest," the administrators of her Facebook page said at a post on Saturday night.
"This has been a goal she has been determined to achieve for several years. Alyssa has had her share of set backs but has never wavered in her determination."
It was the third attempt for the 19-year-old, who was prevented from making it to the top in the past two years by bad weather.
The post says Ms Azar is still on the mountain and in good spirits.
However she still faces a challenging descent and isn't expected back at base camp for "a couple of days".
News of Ms Azar's success came as a Nepal Tourism Ministry spokesman said two foreign climbers had died while climbing the mountain.
"One Dutch citizen died due to altitude sickness. Another foreign climber also died due to altitude sickness," said Nepal Tourism Ministry spokesman Gyanendra Shrestha.
The Dutch mountaineer, Eric Arnold, died just after reaching the top of the mountain in what was his fifth attempt, according to Welingelichte Kringen.
Pasang Phurba of the Seven Summit Treks agency in Kathmandu said Mr Arnold died near the South Col on Friday night, and that attempts were being made to bring down his body.
Arnold was from the Dutch city of Rotterdam, according to his Twitter account.
The nationality of the second climber has not yet been confirmed.
They are the first fatalities on the world's highest peak since expeditions resumed this year.
Everest expeditions in 2014 were cancelled after 16 Sherpas died in an icefall avalanche. In 2015, another avalanche triggered by a 7.8-magnitude quake killed 19 mountaineers at the Everest Base Camp, prompting the cancellation of all trips.
Hundreds of climbers have scaled the 8850-metre peak since last week because of favourable weather conditions.
