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Climber/Skier Dies on Makalu


Who: 36-year-old Sangat ram Thakur
Where: Kathmandu, Nepal
His mistake: It’s unknown.
What happened: A man who recently made the summit of Mount Makalu, the fifth tallest mountain in the world, died during a ski accident near advance base camp near 18,700 feet.

The man was airlifted from base camp and taken to a local hospital. It is unknown how the man fell or what happened during the fall, but he was diagnosed with a sever hemorrhage in his head. He was on life support for some time when the family decided to pull the plug.

Read the story here.

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