BBC News – Irish climber Ian McKeever killed on Mount Kilimanjaro

via BBC News – Irish climber Ian McKeever killed on Mount Kilimanjaro.

An Irish mountaineer and charity fundraiser has died while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.

Ian McKeever, who was 42 and from Lough Dan in Wicklow, was leading a group of climbers when they were struck by lightning.

Mr McKeever was a leading member of the Kilimanjaro Achievers Team, a group of veteran climbers which led groups to the top of the mountain.