Renowned Everest climber Noel Hanna dies on Nepal peak
- Hanna summited Everest 10 times and climbed highest point on every continent; he was descending from top of Nepal’s Annapurna when he died at camp
- Annapurna, world’s tenth highest mountain, is avalanche-prone and technically difficult, with a higher death rate than Everest
Renowned Northern Irish climber Noel Hanna has died in Nepal while descending from the top of the treacherous Annapurna mountain range, officials said Tuesday.
The 56-year-old adventurer was returning after a successful summit of the 8,091-metre (26,545-foot) peak when he died at Camp 4 on Monday night.
“His body has been brought down and flown to Kathmandu,” Mingma Sherpa of Seven Summit Treks told AFP from Annapurna base camp.
Hanna had summited Everest 10 times and climbed the highest point on all seven continents. In 2006, he climbed the world’s highest peak before cycling from the route’s base camp to the sea in eastern India, reaching the Bay of Bengal after a two-week ride.
Annapurna, the world’s tenth highest mountain, is avalanche-prone, technically difficult and has a higher death rate than Everest.
Rescuers and helicopters were busy on the mountain on Tuesday in efforts to locate three other Indian climbers.
