Climber who scaled Annapurna with Noel Hanna says he had suffered 'excessive exhaustion'

Noel Hanna will be laid to rest this coming Saturday, April 29. Picture: noelhanna.com

The man who scaled one of the world's most dangerous mountains with Irish climber Noel Hanna has said the Co Down man had no oxygen backup and was suffering from “excessive exhaustion” before he died.

Climber Arjun Vajpai, who found Hanna dead in his tent, has spoken briefly of his last hours with the 56-year-old. He was one of a group climbers who had gone up west Nepal’s 8,091m-Mt Annapurna with Noel.