KATHMANDU, Jan 11: Rob Gauntlett, the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest, and another British climber have been killed in the French Alps, Britain´s Foreign Office said, BBC reported Saturday.
"I can confirm that two British nationals were killed in an accident in the French Alps," a spokeswoman said. She was unable to confirm reports that the pair died in an avalanche.
Rob Gauntlett, of Petworth, Sussex, reached the summit of Mount Everest when he was just 19 in 2006 and was highly regarded in the climbing world.
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In November 2008 Gauntlett and his friend James Hooper, of Somerset, England were named National Geographic 2008 Adventurers of the Year at the society´s base in Washington DC.
The accolade was in recognition of a 22,000-mile journey using only human and natural power from the Magnetic North to the Magnetic South Poles to raise awareness of climate change.
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