Top Nepal climber missing in Himalayan expedition

A leading Nepali climber, who has scaled Mount Everest 19 times, has gone missing after an avalanche hit members of an expedition to the Himalayas in eastern Nepal, his hiking agency said Sunday.

Chuwang Nima, 43, was part of an expedition which included British climbers trying to summit the 7,129-metre (23,389-feet) Mount Baruntse. The avalanche struck on Saturday while he was fixing ropes at an altitude of about 7,045 metres (23,114 feet). (Reuters)