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Detailed explanation-1: -UTTARKASHI: Savita Kanswal, the 26-year-old mountaineer who became the first Indian woman to complete the ascent of Mt Everest and Mt Makalu (Nepal) in just 16 days, a national record, was among those climbers who lost her life in the October 4 avalanche at Draupadi Ka Danda.

Detailed explanation-2: -PUBLISHED: December 7, 2022 at 9:40 a.m. | UPDATED: December 16, 2022 at 7:21 a.m. A 22-year-old climber died Sunday after falling 200 feet from a crag in the mountains east of San Diego. Coroner’s officials identified him as Nathaniel Masahi Takatsuno of San Diego.

Detailed explanation-3: -Renowned US ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson, who died in the Himalayas a week ago, was cremated on Sunday in a Buddhist ceremony in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu. Fellow climbers have been telling the BBC how she was an inspirational figure to a generation of women.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nepalese rescuers discovered the body of an American ski climber Wednesday, two days after she went missing while skiing down the world’s eighth-highest peak. Hilaree Nelson, 49, was making her way down from the 26, 781-foot summit of Mount Manaslu with her partner, Jim Morrison, when she fell. Are you on Telegram?