Mountaineer who wanted to raise YPG ‘flag’ on Himalayan peak dies

Spanish mountaineer Fernando Sanchez Grassa, who had previously fought alongside YPG/PKK terrorists in Syria, has reportedly died from fatigue in the Nepalese Himalayas on Friday.

The 44-year-old pro-PKK climber died on Friday night in the vicinity of Camp III due to exhaustion while descending from Mount Himlung (7,126m), where he was allegedly planning to raise the so-called flag of the YPG terror group.

Rescue teams brought one of his companions to safety on Sunday after he was trapped on the peak with hypothermia, according to reports.

Grassa was said to have been hospitalized in Kathmandu along with his twin brother, who had previously made the descent and notified the authorities about the emergency faced by their team of eight climbers.

Bad weather conditions in the area had prevented any earlier rescue mission.

Grassa’s body has reportedly not yet been recovered.

In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the European Union -- has been responsible for the deaths of 40,000 people, including women, children and infants. The YPG is the Syrian offshoot of the PKK.