A mountaineer from Ireland, who had climbed Mt Everest 10 times, died while climbing Mt Annapurna at Narchyang in Annapurna Rural Municipality-4 of Myagdi district. An Indian national has been missing and another has been rescued alive by a helicopter. A Kailash Air helicopter rescued Baljeet Kaur from 7, 500 meters on Tuesday afternoon, Indra Singh Sherchan, a member of the rescue team, said.

He had gone to climb Mt Annapurna through Pioneer Trekking Company in Kathmandu.

Sherchan said Neol Hanna died at the high camp of Mt Annapurna last night. The body of Hanna, who had gone to climb Mt Annapurna through Seven Summit Trek, was brought to the base camp from 6,000 meters this afternoon. Neol and Baljeet were missing since Monday morning. The whereabouts of Anuraj Malu (34) of Kishangadh, Rajasthan, India is yet to be ascertained. Thaneshwor Guragain, Manager of Seven Summit Trek, said that Malu went missing from 7, 500 meters while descending to the base camp after he failed to climb the mountain on Monday afternoon. Four choppers of Simrik, Kailash, Air Altitude and Everest Air were deployed to search for the missing persons.