A British climber has been killed in an avalanche whilst scaling a frozen waterfall in Norway.
The Briton was climbing the icy slope with a friend when he was struck by the wall of snow and ice on Friday.
Due to poor weather conditions, it took mountain rescue teams four days to recover his body from the slope.
The adventurer had been climbing with a friend - a man in his 30s - who was also engulfed by the avalanche.
The Briton was climbing the icy slope with a friend when he was struck by the wall of snow and ice
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It took emergency services seven hours to reach the pair who had been scaling the site known as ‘The Gausta Marathon’.
The friend, who is also from the UK, was airlifted to hospital by helicopter but his injuries were not believed to be life threatening.
However, the deceased sustained fatal injuries and perished on the mountain slopes in Vestfjorddalen on the north side of Gaustatoppen in Telemark.
Local climbing guide Jørn Knustad said that the area is not popular with tourists due to the lengthy time it takes to ascend the waterfalls.
The pair were climbing the north side of the Gaustatoppen mountain in Telemark
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He said: “It is unlikely that they were poorly trained - they would hardly have embarked on such a trip. A snow and ice avalanche is the cause of this incident.
“The waterfall is about 17 rope lengths long and is the longest we have here. That is why it was originally named Gausta Marathon.”
GB News has approached the Foreign Office has been approached for comment.
Last week, a 14-year-old British schoolboy died following a skiing accident whilst on a half-term holiday with his family in Italy.
The child, who was wearing a helmet, suffered serious injuries when he crashed into a tree after losing control on the slopes at around 9.30am on Saturday.
Paramedics rushed to the scene at Cortina D’Ampezzo ski resort to try and save the teenager, who had been in the middle of completing a red run.
After over 30 minutes spent trying to revive the boy using a defibrillator, he was tragically pronounced dead at the scene.