Tributes have been paid to an Irish mountaineer who died after his climbing team was caught in bad weather on the southern Russian peak of Mount Elbrus, Europe’s highest mountain.

Rescuers today found the bodies of seven climbers from a group of 11 who went missing on Europe’s highest peak, southern Russia’s Mount Elbrus.

Russian rescue teams today continued their search for 11 climbers missing on Europe’s highest peak, Mt. Elbrus.