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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maroosha Muzaffar

Missing American climber declared dead after avalanche strikes Tibet mountain

AP

A second climber who was striving to become the first American woman to conquer all of the world’s 8,000-metre peaks has lost her life on a remote Tibetan mountain, it was reported.

Over the weekend, Chinese state-owned media said that an American and a Nepalese mountaineer were confirmed dead on Sunday after avalanches struck high on the slopes of a Tibetan mountain.

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