Highland Park native Alex Pancoe, who made headlines for his mountain climbing and fundraising as a cancer survivor, died Sunday climbing the fifth-highest mountain in the world, leaving his young family devastated as they and others remember his legacy of charity and kindness.

Highly experienced American mountaineer dies of cardiac arrest climbing 27,838 ft peak - Alexander Pancoe was suffering from leukaemia and sought to raise funds for Illinois children’s hospital by sum

Image via Instagram Sadly, an American hiker died while trying to conquer a mountain. The American, who survived brain cancer, died trying to climb the 27,000-foot Mount Makalu in Nepal. Sadly, Madison Mountaineering confirmed that Alex Pancoe,