Noel Hanna: Mountaineer who has climbed Mount Everest 10 times dies during expedition in Nepal

Tributes paid to climbing ‘legend’ who ‘loved a view and loved people’

Noel Hanna died in Nepal while descending from the top of the treacherous Annapurna mountain range (Noel Hanna)

A renowned Northern Irish mountaineer has died during an expedition in Nepal.

Noel Hanna, 56, is understood to have died at a camp while descending from the top of the treacherous Annapurna mountain range – the tenth highest mountain in the world.

Mr Hanna, from Dromara in County Down, had climbed Mount Everest 10 times across his life.