A highly skilled climber from Illinois has died while attempting to climb Mount Makalu in Nepal while raising money for a children’s charity. Alex Pancoe, 39, was suffering from a rare blood cancer himself when he experienced cardiac arrest following a practice climb to Camp III from Camp II to acclimatize himself.
He was with his three teammates when he fell unresponsive shortly before going to bed on Sunday, The Independent reports. Efforts to retrieve his body from the camp are ongoing.
