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.
The Indian Navy said that this feat accomplished by a serving woman officer of the Indian Navy for the first time is noteworthy.
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.
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.
Uttarakhand avalanche update: On Tuesday, about 41 trainees and instructors of the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering were hit by an avalanche.
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.
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.
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.
The remaining three bodies are being carried and all bodies will be brought to Pithoragarh by today noon.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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