Chinese media reports have confirmed American mountaineer Anna Gutu and a Nepalese guide Mingmar Sherpa have died after avalanches struck the slopes of the Tibetan mountain Shishapangma while two others remain missing. According to state-owned news agency Xinhua, the avalanches struck Tibet’s Mount Shishapangma on Saturday afternoon at 24,934 ft and 26,246 ft in altitude. The two missing are American climber Gina Marie Rzucidlo and Nepalese mountain guide Tenjen Sherpa. A total of 52 climbers fr
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Two others, American climber Gina Marie Rzucidlo and a Nepalese mountain guide Tenjen Sherpa went missing, the news agency said.
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