Though he felt strong, climber Alex Pancoe of Chicago fell ill at Camp 2 on the world's 5th highest mountain and died of cardiac arrest.

American mountain climber Alex Pancoe, a brain cancer survivor and husband of a former CBS News Chicago producer, died attempting to scale the world's fifth-highest mountain, Makalu. He was 39.

An American climber died attempting to scale the world's fifth-highest mountain, Makalu, in the Himalayas, his expedition organizer said Monday. It was the second death of this climbing season.

Makalu is the world's fifth-highest mountain, peaking at 28,000 feet. Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain, peaks at about 29,032 feet. Gabe Hauari is a national trending news reporter at ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An American climber died while attempting to scale Mount Makalu in Nepal ... died Sunday on the slopes of the world's fifth tallest mountain as 39-year-old Alexander ...