TAPLEJUNG A French citizen died in course of climbing Kanchanjungha Mountain. The deceased has been identified as 63-year-old Margeta Moring. The Kanchanjungha is the third highest mountain in the world standing 8,586 meters tall.

Moring and his friend had obtained permission to scale the mountain from the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation. Both of them had started climbing the mountain from the south at Sirijungha rural municipality-8 on May 9 and reached around 8,000 meters above at 11:00 pm on May 10.

The French citizen died after suffering from respiratory problem, said Yogendra Tamang, a tourist guide who was accompanying him.