Source: Radio New Zealand
Aoraki Mt Cook. FLORIAN BRILL
The climber who died on Aoraki Mt Cook alongside guide Thomas Vialletet was American lawyer Kellam Conover.
The pair were roped together, climbing from Empress Hut to the summit when they fell from the mountain’s west ridge on Monday night.
Mountain guide Thomas Vialletet died on Aoraki Mt Cook. Supplied
Two other members of the climbing party who survived were flown from the mountain on Tuesday morning.
Conover was a Stanford Law School graduate who lived in Washington DC and worked for international law firm, King & Spalding.
Vialletet lived in Wānaka and was a married father-of-two, who co-owned the mountain and ski guide company Summit Explorers with his wife Danielle.
More than $90,000 dollars has been raised so far through a Givealittle page to support his wife and young children following his death.
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