Tag: Climbers
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Challenging operation to retrieve bodies of climbers from Nanda Devi begins
After a night halt at Bugadiya, the team will head for the Nanda Devi base camp on Friday.
June 13, 2019 -
‘High-risk’ mission to retrieve climbers’ bodies from Nanda Devi halted after technical snag
IAF choppers spotted five bodies Monday on the slopes of Nanda Devi while looking for the four Britons, two Americans, one Indian and one Australian believed killed by an avalanche last week.
June 5, 2019 -
Five bodies spotted in aerial photographs, scattered rucksacks hint climbers killed in avalanche
In an aerial survey, the IAF team traced bodies of five mountaineers and their rucksacks.
June 3, 2019 -
Sherpas: The indomitable icefall doctors
The Sherpas are not medical science doctors, but they save hundreds of lives in the treacherous Khumbu icefall on Mt Everest by securing routes for mountaineers.
November 17, 2018