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  High Altitude Warfare School mountaineers launch heroic mission to find mortal remains of comrades

  India | July 10, 2024 13:06 IST

  High Altitude Warfare School mountaineers, exemplifying the spirit of 'Leave No Man Behind,' undertook a heroic mission to recover the mortal remains of their fallen comrades.

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  Indian Naval couple successfully scale world's highest free-standing mountain Mt Kilimanjaro

  India | June 13, 2024 19:24 IST

  The Indian Navy said that this feat accomplished by a serving woman officer of the Indian Navy for the first time is noteworthy.

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  'Traffic jam' on Mt Everest as climbers stuck, netizens call it 'Ghatkopar station' | WATCH

  Trending | May 28, 2024 18:58 IST

  Mount Everest, a popular hotspot for mountaineers, is also known for frequent accidents and deaths as climbers experience harsh conditions. A British climber and his Nepali guide went missing on Tuesday after a chunk of snow fell, causing them to fall down the side of the mountain.

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  Uttarakhand avalanche update: Bad weather hampers rescue operation for missing mountaineers

  India | October 08, 2022 12:43 IST

  Uttarakhand avalanche update: With weather conditions obstructing the search efforts, relatives who have come to Uttarkashi from different parts of the country are getting impatient.

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  Uttarakhand avalanche update: Death toll goes up to 26 as more bodies of mountaineers recovered

  India | October 07, 2022 16:10 IST

  Uttarakhand avalanche update: On Tuesday, about 41 trainees and instructors of the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering were hit by an avalanche.

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  Uttarakhand avalanche: Bodies of 4 Navy mountaineers brought to Joshimath

  India | October 03, 2021 20:21 IST

  Officials said that the mortal remains of the mountaineers will be sent to their native places after a post-mortem examination. In a tweet, the Army's rescue team said the four bodies were brought to Joshimath from the peak of Mount Trishul in helicopters on Sunday morning.  

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  PCR test report, entry-permit: Nepal issues new guidelines for mountaineering, trekking

  World | September 29, 2020 13:39 IST

  Nepal's Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has issued new guidelines for foreign tourists aimed at minimising the spread of Covid-19 during mountaineering and trekking activities, the media reported on Tuesday. 

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  Nanda Devi expedition: Body of team leader mountaineer Martin Moran not found

  India | July 06, 2019 16:09 IST

  The eight member team was reported missing on May 25 but it took the ITBP nearly one month to retrieve seven bodies from the western ridge of the Nanda Devi peak on June 23 after a massive operation often hampered by inclement weather.

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  4 bodies of mountaineers brought to Munsyari base camp

  India | July 03, 2019 12:21 IST

  The remaining three bodies are being carried and all bodies will be brought to Pithoragarh by today noon.

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  Nandi Devi avalanche: Bodies of seven mountaineers airlifted to Pithoragarh

  India | July 03, 2019 12:21 IST

  Eight mountaineers had set out on an expedition of the 7,434-metre-high peak but were reported missing on May 25, the day they were to reach their base camp. One of them is still missing.

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  District admin awaits instructions from Centre 30 hours after spotting bodies on Nanda Devi

  India | June 04, 2019 18:40 IST

  The Pithoragarh administration was awaiting instructions from the Centre on Tuesday to take steps to retrieve the bodies of five mountaineers IAF choppers spotted a day earlier near an unscaled peak adjoining the Nanda Devi East, an official said.

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  Nanda Devi: Bodies of 8 missing mountaineers found buried in snow

  India | June 03, 2019 19:12 IST

  Indian Air Force helicopters have spotted the bodies of eight missing mountaineers who went missing on way to the 7,434-metre-high Nanda Devi East peak in Uttarakhand.

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  Uttrakhand: Foreign climbers go missing on way to Nanda Devi peak

  India | June 01, 2019 11:30 IST

  The team, which includes seven mountaineers from the UK, US and Australia besides a liaison officer from the Indian Institute of Mountaineering, left Munsiyari on May 13 to scale the 7434-metre peak and was scheduled to return to the base camp on Friday.

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  Bodies of two Indian mountaineers recovered from Mt Kanchenjunga

  India | May 19, 2019 19:44 IST

  Biplab Baidya (48) and Kuntal Karar (46) died on Wednesday night above Camp IV after they were unable to continue their descent from near the 8,586-metre peak due to hypothermia and snowblindness.

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  Bengal mountaineers safe: Mamata Banerjee

  India | April 25, 2015 21:18 IST

  Kolkata:  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said mountaineers from the state who have gone on an expedition to Mt Everest are safe."Rudraprasad Haldar of West Bengal Police has informed from Everest base camp

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  Thunderous crush of snow as mountaineers in Nepal avalanche slid down in dark

  World | September 25, 2012 17:01 IST

  Katmandu, Sep 25: The mountaineers were in darkness when they heard the thunderous boom, the crush of snow. Helplessly, they slid down Mount Mansalu, the world's eighth-highest peak.It would take an hour for the sun