Singaporean climber dies on Nepal’s Mount Manaslu, first foreign casualty of season

A Singaporean climber died on Nepal’s Mount Manaslu, the world’s eighth highest peak, expedition organisers said.

Lau Wee Seng, 50, felt unwell as he was descending from Camp II at around 6,000 metres after an acclimatisation rotation, according to The Himalayan Times newspaper.

“He passed away this morning; arrangements have been made to airlift his body,” Pemba Sherpa of 8K Expeditions said on Thursday.

The mountaineer had arrived in Samagaun on September 7 as part of a team aiming to scale the peak during the autumn climbing season, Nepal News online portal reported. He was the first foreign fatality of the season.