Carlos Soria forced to abandon ascent of Nepal’s Dhaulagiri, one of two 8,000-metre summits he is still to conquer
An 84-year-old Spanish mountaineer has been forced to abandon his 15th attempt to reach the summit of Nepal’s Dhaulagiri – one of the two “8,000ers” he had left to climb to claim the title of the oldest climber to conquer the world’s 14 highest mountains.
The climber was preparing to make a push for the summit when the incident occurred, the Himalayan Times newspaper reported. The accident took place at an altitude of 7,600 metres . Sherpa guides were bringing him down to base camp for him to be evacuated to Kathmandu by helicopter, Guragai said.
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