American Climber, Local Guide Die In Tibetan Avalanches; Two Others Missing
Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletterto get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists. American mountaineer Anna Gutu and a Nepalese guide Mingmar Sherpa were confirmed Sunday dead after avalanches struck the slopes of a Tibetan mountain, while two others remained missing, according to Chinese media reports. The avalanches struck Tibet’s Mount Shishapangma on Saturday afternoon at about 25,000 feet and about 26,000 feet in altitude, according to state-owned Xinhua News Agency. Two others, American climber...