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Nims Purja posted tributes to American climber Anna Gutu and her Nepalese guide Mingmar Sherpa after the pair died in an avalanche on Mount Shishapangma.
BEIJING: A second woman hoping to be the first American female climber to scale all of the world’s 8,000m mountains has been declared dead on a remote peak in Tibet, according to her family.
Gina Rzucido, 45, who grew up in Auburn, was one of two who were making a bid to become the first American woman to scale the world's 14 tallest peaks.
Gina Rzucidlo and Anna Gutu lost their lives in an avalanche on Mount Shishapangma alongside their Nepalese guides
Gina Rzucidlo and Anna Gutu were on their final climb to becoming the first US woman to scale all 14 of tallest mountains when they lost their lives in separate avalanches.