Two mountaineers, one French and one South Korean, have died in Nepal after separate expeditions to the Ama Dablam mountain in the Himalayas, hiking officials said on Monday.
Hugo Lucio Colonia Lazaro, 65, from France, was hit on the head by a falling piece of ice and was evacuated to Kathmandu by helicopter last week, said Subash Shrestha of the Himalayan Vision Treks and Expedition company.
Lazaro then died in hospital on Friday.
South Korean Park Hong-khy, 66, died on Sunday while climbing the mountain. He was climbing with five others when he collapsed, said Homnath Bhattarai of the J’Vill Nepal Treks company.
The 6,814 metre (22,360 foot) high Ama Dablam mountain in the Solukhumbu area is a small but technically difficult peak to climb.
Popular among hikers to Mount Everest Base Camp, it is also known as the “Matterhorn of the Himalayas” because of its soaring ridges and steep face.
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