{
  "id": 8144233,
  "title": "Singaporean climber dies on Nepal’s Mount Manaslu, first foreign casualty of season",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/singaporean-climber-dies-on-nepals-mount-manaslu-first-foreign",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T01:12:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3367921/singaporean-climber-dies-nepals-mount-manaslu-first-foreign-casualty-season"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Singaporean climber died on Nepal’s Mount Manaslu, the world’s eighth highest peak, expedition organisers said. Lau Wee Seng, 50, felt unwell as he was descending from Camp II at around 6,000 metres after an acclimatisation rotation, according to The Himalayan Times newspaper. “He passed away this morning; arrangements have been made to airlift his body,” Pemba Sherpa of 8K Expeditions said on…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Mount Kinabalu porter recalls carrying heavier injured Croatian climber",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/mount-kinabalu-porter-recalls-carrying-heavier-injured-croatian",
        "published": "2026-09-18T02:36:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}