Young Snow Leopard dies on Cho OyuSeveral Spanish media sources and a spokesman from Foreign Affairs Spanish Ministry informed yesterday of the death of Basque mountaineer Xabier Ormazabal on Cho Oyu. The family has been notified.
Early last week the jet wind arrived Himalaya and Xabier was caught in a storm on descent. He found shelter in a tent at 7800 m, but was found dead there by Italians mountaineers yesterday. Xabier was on a double header attempt, having summited Shisha Pangma on September 27, with Ibon Azkue and Jesús Mari Errazu.
Xabier, 23, was the first Spanish climber to obtain the Snow Leopard title. He recently began to "collect" high mountains very fast..... ... .
Thursday, October 21, 2004
Basque Mountaineer Dies on Cho Oyu
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