British Climber Killed In Nepal
A British climber fell to his death in the Nepal Himalaya at the weekend, the first climbing fatality of the Everest 50th Anniversary climbing season
Posted: 13 May 2003
by Jon
Sad news from the Himalayas where a 36-year-old British climber
has died while attempting to climb Baruntse, a 7,000 metre peak in
the Khumbu region of Nepal.
Michael Turner from Northampton reportedly fell when a rope he was
'attached to' snapped. he is the first climber reportedly killed in
the Nepal Himalaya this season. Our sympathies to his friends and
family.
See this BBC
news story for more details.
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