American climber dies on world’s fifth-highest peak in Nepal

An American mountaineer, Alexander Pancoe, has died on Mount Makalu in eastern Nepal during a climb. Pancoe embarked on the climb to raise funds for a children’s cancer program. This is the second death in the Himalayan nation’s climbing season that began in March. The world’s fifth-highest mountain, Makalu’s peak is 28,000 feet high — [...]American climber dies on world’s fifth-highest peak in Nepal

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