KATHMANDU/MADRID : An 84-year-old Spanish mountaineer injured his leg on Wednesday as he tried 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.A Sherpa fell on Carlos Soria, injur
KATHMANDU/MADRID : An 84-year-old Spanish mountaineer injured his leg on Wednesday as he tried 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, who was on his 15th attempt on Mt Dhaulagiri, was preparing to make a push for the summit when the incident occurred, the Himalayan Times newspaper said.
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