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An Italian climber died on a Kyrgyzstan mountain after he attempted to help a fellow climber who broke her leg and was trapped near the summit

Luca Sinigaglia, 49, died on Aug. 15 from prolonged exposure to low oxygen levels and hypothermia at Pobeda Peak on the Chinese border

He was trying to help his friend Natalia Nagovitsyna, 47, after she fell and broke her leg on Aug. 12

An Italian climber died on a Kyrgyzstan mountain after he attempted to help a fellow climber who broke her leg and was trapped near the summit.

According to The Times and the Daily Mail , 49-year-old Luca Sinigaglia of Milan died on Aug. 15 from prolonged exposure to low oxygen levels and hypothermia at Pobeda Peak (meaning Victory Peak, or Jengish Chokusu in Kyrgyz), located at around 24,40

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