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| British climbers die in the Alps | British climbers die in the Alps |
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| Rob Gauntlett, the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest, and another British climber have been killed in the French Alps, the Foreign Office said. | Rob Gauntlett, the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest, and another British climber have been killed in the French Alps, the Foreign Office said. |
| A spokeswoman said: "I can confirm that two British nationals were killed in an accident in the French Alps." | |
| She was unable to confirm reports that the pair died in an avalanche. | She was unable to confirm reports that the pair died in an avalanche. |
| 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. | |
| In November 2008 Mr Gauntlett and his friend James Hooper, of Somerset, were named National Geographic 2008 Adventurers of the Year at the society's base in Washington DC. | |
| The accolade was in recognition of a 22,000-mile journey using only human and natural power from the Magnetic North to the Magnetic South Poles to raise awareness of climate change. | |
| During the expedition between the Earth's magnetic poles, Mr Hooper and Mr Gauntlett skied, used dog-sleighs, sailed and cycled through Greenland, USA, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and Argentina. | |
| The former pupils of Christ's Hospital in Horsham, West Sussex, then sailed to New York to begin the 11,000-mile cycle ride to Punta Arenas, Chile. | |
| After completing the trip from the North to the South Poles in April the pair sailed 1,800 nautical miles to Australia. | |
| Their expedition also helped to raise money for the Prince's Trust. | |
| In 2006 they became the youngest Britons to climb Everest. |