DPA
A French mountain climber died in Nepal due to altitude sickness, police said yesterday.
Yannick Claude Sylvain Gagneret, 39, was climbing the 8,481m Mount Makalu in Sankhuwasabha district in northeastern Nepal when he died at its Camp One on Friday.
Police said his body was flown to Solukhumbu district after bad weather prevented flights to the capital. An autopsy was to be conducted once the body was airlifted to Kathmandu.
On Tuesday, two Russian climbers died in the Everest region due to altitude sickness.
Meanwhile, a Slovakian tourist has been missing in the Everest region since April 21. Tamas Princzkel, 28, a Hungarian-speaking Slovakian citizen went missing in Dingboche, where he was travelling alone.
Police said they were still looking for him.