The youngest Briton to climb Everest has died in an avalanche while ice-climbing in the French Alps. Rob Gauntlett, who reached the mountain's 8,840m summit in May 2006, just after he turned 19, was killed yesterday, along with a close friend.
The youngest Briton to have climbed Mount Everest has been killed, along with a second British climber, in an accident in the French Alps. 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. His mother Nicola Gauntlett said the 21-year-old's family were "devastated". She said he and his as yet unnamed friend had been ice-climbing in Chamonix when there was a "big fall".
The youngest Briton to have climbed Mount Everest has been killed, along with a second British climber, in an accident in the French Alps.
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.
His mother Nicola Gauntlett said the 21-year-old's family were "devastated".
She said he and his as yet unnamed friend had been ice-climbing in Chamonix when there was a "big fall".
