Spanish Mountaineer Dies in Nepal
THURSDAY, 25 JANUARY 2007
A Spanish mountaineer who was scaling the 6812 meter high mountain in Mount Everest in the Himalayas lost his footing and was killed. He was the team leader among seven mountaineers who scaled in the eastern part of Nepal.
The mountaineer who was identified by Ganesh Bahadur Neupane, a Nepalese mountaineering official was Guillermo Mateo Yeste. He falls from the altitude of nearly 6300 meters while descending the mountain.
The mountaineers body was no where to be found due to the bad weather. Yeste's team successfully descended and was staying at the base camp in Nepal.
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