At least nine dead after Avalanche in Nepal A former president of Nepal Mountaineering Association, Ang Tshering Sherpa, said most of the dead climbers were French and that others were from Italy, Germany and Spain. French news channel BFM TV reported that four of those killed on Mount Manaslu were French, citing a mountain climber. Nepalese officials earlier confirmed that the dead included climbers from Nepal, Germany and Spain, and they said four people were missing. Five climbers were rescued, all from France, and were being treated in a hospital in the capital Kathmandu.