2 women chasing a climbing record across 14 mountains both died in avalanches on their last peak

Mount Shishapangma in southern Tibet,
China.Photographer: Reinhard Goldmann
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Two climbers who were competing to become the first American woman to scale the world's 14 tallest mountains died Saturday in avalanches on a remote peak in southern Tibet, according to reports.

Anna Gutu and Gina Marie Rzucidlo were climbing separately with their own sherpas, trying to become the first US woman to scale all of the world's 14 peaks above 8,000 meters, or 26,246 feet, when avalanches struck Mount Shishapangma, per The New York Times.

Gutu was confirmed dead with her Nepalese guide on Sunday by Chinese state news agency Xinhua, which cited the region's sports bureau.

By Thibault Spirlet.

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