Annapurna was more than 6000m high and I didn't use a rope too. 3,000m is a walk in the park for me
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Dec 17, 2010
Singapore climber dies in New Zealand
By Jamie Ee Wen Wei & Jonathan Pearlman
AROUND this time last year, Singapore student Ong Eng Wu made his way to the top of Mount Aspiring, one of New Zealand's highest peaks at 3,033m.
He was so thrilled about reaching the summit of the mountain, near the town of Wanaka in South Island, that he posted on his Facebook account more than 80 photos of himself and his friends there.
He also talked about plans to reach the top of Mount Tasman, New Zealand's second tallest mountain at 3,497m.
On Wednesday morning, Mr Ong, 21, was just 200m from the summit of Mount Aspiring when he lost his footing on the ice and plunged 800m to his death. He landed in a 4m-deep crevice in a glacier.
His mountaineering companion climbed to the peak to get help from others. It took the police and a three-man alpine rescue team nine hours to find and retrieve the body.