An American mountaineer, Alexander Pancoe, has died on Mount Makalu in eastern Nepal during a climb.
Pancoe embarked on the climb to raise funds for a children’s cancer programme.
This is the second death in the Himalayan nation’s climbing season that began in March.
The world’s fifth-highest mountain, Makalu’s peak is 28,000 feet high — almost as tall as Mount Everest, the world’s tallest peak at a height of 29,032 feet.
Pancoe died on Sunday, 4 May, 2025 while he was settling into his sleeping bag at the mountain’s second high camp.
According to the expedition organizer, Madison Mountaineering, the 39-year-old has returned from an acclimatization trip at the higher camp three.
“Alex suddenly became unresponsive,” the company said on its website.
“Despite hours of resuscitation efforts … they were unable to revive him.”
