Nine Missing on Nepal Mountain in Storm

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Nine Missing on Nepal Mountain in Storm Five South Korean climbers and four Nepalese guides were missing on Gurja Himal mountain after a strong storm swept through their base camp, officials and expedition organizers said Saturday. A storm Friday night destroyed their camp and rescue helicopter sent early Saturday were unable to land because of bad weather conditions on the mountain, police official Bir Bahadur Budamagar said. It was unlikely the weather would clear Saturday and the base camp is at least a one-day trek from the nearest village. A police team was heading toward the base camp on foot and would likely reach there Sunday. The climbers were attempting to scale the 7,193-meter (23,590-foot) peak, part of the Dhaulagiri massif, during the Autumn climbing season.
October 13, 2018 at 03:54PM