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Nanda Devi expedition: Body of team leader not found

The fact emerged after the identification of the seven bodies recovered from the western ridge of the peak was completed on Saturday, Nainital District Magistrate Savin Bansal said.

Noted British mountaineer Martin Moran who led the eight-member team that perished on way to the Nanda Devi East peak was the lone climber of the group whose body could not be found.(ANI Photo)
Updated on Jul 06, 2019 03:51 PM IST
Nainital | ByPress Trust of India

Indian ground team looking for climbers’ bodies in Himalayas

Veteran British mountaineer Martin Moran led the team of four Britons, two Americans, an Australian and an Indian on the expedition on Nanda Devi East.

Contact with the team was lost on May 26 following an avalanche.(AP File Photo / Representative image)
Published on Jun 10, 2019 11:41 AM IST
New Delhi | ByAssociated Press

Famed Indian climber nearly died on peak where team was lost

Operators’ tight schedules and climbers’ lack of experience has added risks, diminished the adventure and resulted in more casualties, says the 88-year-old retired navy captain

Manmohan Kohl tried and failed to summit Nanda Devi East, including an attempt in 1964 before he took the successful expedition of nine mountaineers to the top of Everest.(AP)
Updated on Jun 06, 2019 01:55 PM IST
New Delhi | ByAssociated Press

Nanda Devi climbers ‘knowingly risked’ their lives: Report

Military helicopters involved in a major search for the four Britons, two Americans, an Australian and an Indian on Monday spotted five bodies on the Nanda Devi mountain.

Officials said a total of 12 climbers had set out from Munsiyari in Pithoragarh but they separated into two groups a week later after reaching the Nanda Devi east base camp.(REUTERS FILE)
Updated on Jun 04, 2019 01:39 PM IST
Pithoragarh | ByAgence France-Presse

Bodies of five missing mountaineers’ bodies spotted near Nanda Devi peak

The eight-member group of British, American, Australian and Indian mountaineers went missing after leaving Nanda Devi’s base camp in Munsyari on May 13. They were scheduled to complete their expedition on June 1.

Pithoragarh’s district magistrate, Vijay Kumar Jogdande, said the bodies were sighted at a height of about 5,000 metres close to another unscaled peak two hours after the chopper took off to the mountaineer group’s last location.(REUTERS)
Updated on Jun 04, 2019 07:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By
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