- A 50-year-old Singaporean climber, Lau Wee Seng, has died at an altitude of about 6,000m on Mount Manaslu in Nepal.
- Lau fell ill and lost his pulse on 17 September during his descent from Camp II during an acclimatisation rotation.
- An initial assessment suggests he suffered a heart attack, though the official cause of death is yet to be established.
- Bad weather conditions have hampered helicopter efforts to retrieve Lau's body from the mountain.
- Lau is the second casualty on Manaslu this autumn climbing season, following the death of a 20-year-old Nepali porter earlier this month.
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