A search for a Russian climber stranded on Kyrgystan's highest mountain has been suspended indefinitely due to severe weather conditions after another climber died trying to rescue her, the Central Asian country's authorities said on Saturday.

Natalia Nagovitsyna — whose husband died on a different mountain four years ago — broke her leg while climbing the 24,406-foot Victory Peak while she was at an altitude of around 23,000 feet, and has been stranded in the mountains for nearly two weeks. By comparison, Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak, is 29,032 feet.

An Italian climber, Luca Sinigaglia, died on August 15 trying to save her.

Italian rescuers went to the scene to try to recover his body using a helicopter, according to the Italian foreign ministry.

The operation launched to r

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