Two mountaineers, one French and one South Korean, have died in Nepal after separate expeditions to the Ama Dablam mountain in the Himalayas.

Hugo Lucio Colonia Lazaro, 65, from France, was hit on the head by a falling piece of ice and was evacuated to Kathmandu by helicopter last week, Subash Shrestha of the Himalayan Vision Treks and Expedition company said on Monday.

Lazaro then died in hospital.

South Korean Hong Khy Park, 66, died on Sunday while climbing the mountain.

He was climbing with five others when he collapsed, said Homnath Bhattarai of the J'Vill Nepal Treks company.

The 6814 metre (22,356 feet) high Ama Dablam mountain in Solukhumbu area is a small but technically difficult peak to climb.

Popular among hikers to Mount Everest Base Camp, it is also known as the "Matter

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