Alexander Pancoe, an alpinist and philanthropist battling cancer, died doing what he loved, his wife Nina Laski Pancoe said.

Alexander Pancoe, of Lake Forest, who "climbed for a cause," suffered from cardiac arrest after attempting an "acclimation ...

Tragedy struck on Makalu (8,485m / 27,840 feet), the world’s fifth-highest peak, when Alex Pancoe, 39, of Chicago, apparently suffered cardiac arrest at Camp 2 ...

A mountain climber from the Chicago area who was battling leukemia is being remembered on Tuesday for his extraordinary courage and dedication to helping others.

Alex Pancoe, a 39-year-old American who previously survived a brain tumor, has died during a climbing expedition of Nepal’s ...

An American climber has died after attempting to scale the world's fifth-largest mountain. On Tuesday, Nepalese officials ...

"The two had just finished dinner and were settling into their sleeping bags, chatting casually, when Alex suddenly became ...

An American climber died while attempting to scale Mount Makalu in Nepal, officials said Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, Nepal -- An American climber died while attempting to scale Mount Makalu in Nepal, officials said Tuesday. Nepal’s ...

Highly experienced American mountaineer dies of cardiac arrest climbing 27,838 ft peak - Alexander Pancoe was suffering from ...

An American mountaineer died on Mount Makalu in eastern Nepal during a climb to raise funds for a children's cancer programme, officials said on Tuesday, the second death in the Himalayan nation's ...