2 women chasing a climbing record across 14 mountains both died in avalanches on their last peak

• Two climbers vied to become the first US female to reach the peak of the world's 14 tallest mountains.
• They were hit by avalanches on their final peak in southern Tibet and died, per reports.
• The fatal avalanches have "devastated the climbing community," a local mountaineering company said.

Two climbers who were competing to become the first American woman to scale the world's 14 tallest mountains died Saturday in avalanches on a remote peak in southern Tibet, according to reports.