American mountain climber Alex Pancoe, a brain cancer survivor and husband of a former CBS News Chicago producer, died attempting to scale the world's fifth-highest mountain, Makalu. He was 39.

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A 63-year-old French climber has died trying to scale the world's third-highest mountain, Kanchenjunga, the expedition's organizer said on Monday, while British media reported a U.K. climber on ...

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A US climber died attempting to scale the world's fifth-highest mountain, Makalu, his expedition organiser said Monday, the second death of this climbing season. Alexander Pancoe, 39, died at Camp 2 ...

A US climber died attempting to scale the world's fifth-highest mountain, Makalu, his expedition organiser said Monday, the second death of this climbing season. Alexander Pancoe, 39, died at Camp ...

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