A group of trained Sherpa climbers today recovered body of a Swiss climber who died above 8,000 m on Mt Everest while descending from the summit point.
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 2 (ANI): Body of Swiss Climber Abdul Waraich, who died above 8,000 meters on Mount Everest which also is known as the "Death Zone" of the world's highest peak, has been retrieved and brought back to Kathmandu.
Sherpa retrieve body of deceased Swiss Climber
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03 Jun 2021, 01:19 GMT+10
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 2 (ANI): Body of Swiss Climber Abdul Waraich, who died above 8,000 meters on Mount Everest which also is known as the Death Zone of the world s highest peak, has been retrieved and brought back to Kathmandu.
A group of 10 trained Sherpa Climbers retrieved the body of Waraich from an altitude above 8,650 meters on Mount Everest and brought it back to Camp II on Wednesday morning which later in the day was brought to Kathmandu. This is the first-ever recovery of climber s body from the highest point of death zone, Mingma Sherpa, Chairman at Seven Summit Treks confirmed ANI over the phone.
updated: Jun 02 2021, 20:43 ist
Climbers returning from Mount Everest and other Himalayan peaks are struggling to find a return flight back home after Nepal banned most air travel to contain a surge in Covid-19 cases, mountaineering operators and hikers said on Wednesday.
Most regular international flights are closed through June as a deadly second wave of the coronavirus hit the Himalayan nation tucked between China and India.
Nepal issued 742 permits – 408 of those to climbers aspiring to make it to the top of the world s highest peak, Mount Everest – in the April-May climbing season. And hundreds of climbers are now returning from the mountains before the onset of annual monsoon rains.
COVID-19 travel curbs leave Mount Everest climbers looking for flights home
Climbers returning from Mount Everest and other Himalayan peaks are struggling to find a return flight back home after Nepal banned most air travel to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases, mountaineering operators and hikers said on Wednesday.
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Mountaineer Tsang Yin-hung, left, gestures as she arrives at an airport in Kathmandu on Sunday. (Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images)
Climbers returning from Mount Everest and other Himalayan peaks are struggling to find a return flight back home after Nepal banned most air travel to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases, mountaineering operators and hikers said on Wednesday.