An Australian climber, Shelley Johannesen, has died after being caught in an avalanche in Nepal’s Himalayas. Both reports say the incident occurs during her descent from Mount Makalu, described as the world’s fifth-highest peak. The outlets report that the avalanche strikes high on the mountain on Monday. Johannesen, a 53-year-old mother of three, dies after the avalanche during the descent, with one account stating she passes away in her partner’s arms. The reporting attributes the fatal outcome to the avalanche event and places it on Makalu in Nepal, with no additional confirmed details on causes, conditions, or rescue efforts in the provided excerpts. The two sources align on the key elements of the story: the identity of the climber, her age and family context, the location and mountain, the timing, and that her death follows being caught in an avalanche during descent.