Michael Gardner—a professional alpine-climber who scaled mountains in Denali, Alaska and Nepal—died from a fall while descending Nepal's Jannu East mountain on Oct. 7. He was 32.

Colorado skier Michael Gardner, 32, died Monday while climbing the Jannu East mountain in Nepal alongside longtime climbing partner Sam Hennessey.

Five members of a Russian expedition who went missing while attempting to climb Nepal’s Mount Dhaulagiri have been found dead, Russia’s embassy in Nepal told CNN on Tuesday.

Five Russian mountaineers who appeared to have slipped and fallen on the world’s seventh-highest peak have died, an expedition organizer in Nepal said Tuesday.

Professional alpine climber Michael Gardner has died at age 32 following a fall.

Michael Gardner/Instagram Michael Gardner, an American alpine climber and skier known as "a true climber’s climber," died in a fall on a Nepal mountain this week at age 32. Gardner's sponsor, clothing company Arc'teryx, shared the news in an Instagram ...

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Pioneering big mountain skier, mountain guide, and climber Michael Gardner was killed while attempting to climb one of Nepal’s last unclimbed peaks.