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

An American mountaineer died on Mount Makalu in eastern Nepal during a climb to raise funds for a children’s cancer program, officials said Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, Nepal — An American mountaineer died on Mount Makalu in eastern Nepal during a climb to raise funds for a children’s cancer program, officials said Tuesday, 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 — almost as tall as Mount Everest, the world’s tallest peak at a height of 29,032 feet.

Alexander Pancoe, 39, died Sunday while settling into his sleeping bag at the mountain’s second high camp, after returning from an acclimatization trip at the higher camp three, expedition organizer Madison Mountaineering said.

“Alex suddenly became unresponsive,” the company said on its website. “Despite hours of resuscitation efforts ... they were unable to revive him.”

Nepal’s tourism department said it was arranging to bring the body to Kathmandu, the capital.

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