Brit forced to have his leg amputated after serious fall on 23,000ft mountain
A British mountaineer has suffered a serious fall in Argentina and has had to have his leg amputated following a climbing expedition gone wrong.
The unnamed 32-year-old also suffered a fractured skull in the accident on 22,837ft Mount Aconcagua — the highest mountain outside Asia.
The Brit had reached the impressive height of 20,000ft when he reportedly fell near Condor's Nest, the site of a high base camp.
An air ambulance team evacuated him before he was sent to Hospital Central, with a police escort to speed up his arrival due to the severity of his injury, in the western Argentinian city of Mendoza.
It comes just three days after a 55-year-old French climber was left fighting for his life after falling near the same spot on the mountain.
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Aconcagua Peak, the highest mountain in the Americas (Getty Images/iStockphoto)He also ended up with a fractured skull among other injuries.
The Briton is said to have been unconscious and in a "serious condition" when he was admitted to hospital and there have not been any updates since.
Aconcagua is in the main Andes range and lies just nine miles from Argentina's border with Chile.
Just 10 days ago, a British woman died on Mont Blanc, after an avalanche buried her under a pile of snow.
View from the main summit of Aconcagua, elevation 6962 meters (Getty Images/Cavan Images RF)The unnamed 45-year-old was hiking in the French Alps over the weekend with her partner and a guide when tragedy struck.
The other two people were involved in the incident but were unharmed as the avalanche was triggered around 5:30pm.
Reportedly, a second avalanche was triggered a few days later in a neighbouring ski area and a search was underway to find any possible victims.
In June, a British man fell to his death in a mountaineering accident, as he climbed along a crest known as Devil's Pass in Spain.
The 25-year-old is believed to have fallen as he tried to reach a 4,367ft limestone mountain peak in the Basque Country called Anboto.
Brits are believed to be among the top three groups of tourists that take on the mountain in Argentina, alongside Americans and Germans. And the total number of climbers who are foreigners stands around 75 per cent.
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