Brenton's work has previously appeared in Billboard, Pigeons & Planes and Complex. Michael Gardner/Instagram Michael Gardner, an American alpine climber and skier known as "a true climber’s climber," died in a fall on a Nepal mountain this week at age 32.

Colorado skier Michael Gardner, 32, died Monday while climbing the Jannu East mountain in Nepal alongside longtime climbing partner Sam Hennessey.

Professional alpine climber Michael Gardner has died at age 32 following a fall. Gardner and his longtime climbing partner, Sam Hennessey, were trekking up the Jannu East Mountain in Nepal on Monday,

Michael Gardner, a Colorado-based ski alpinist and professional climber, tragically lost his life in an accident while attempting to climb Nepal’s Jannu East mountain on October 8, 2024.

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Michael Gardner—a professional alpine-climber who scaled mountains in Denali, Alaska and Nepal—died from a fall while descending Nepal's Jannu East mountain on Oct. 7. He was 32.

Professional alpine climber Michael Gardner fell to his death on Monday while making his second attempt up the North Face of Nepal's Jannu East, which stands at nearly 25,000 feet.