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Five bodies recovered from Mt Yalung Ri nine months after avalanche

From Kathmandu Post · () English

Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Five bodies were recovered from Mt Yalung Ri in Nepal's Rolwaling range, nine months after an avalanche.
  • The recovered climbers have been identified as two Nepali guides and three foreign climbers from Canada, Italy, and Germany.
  • The operation was conducted in hazardous conditions, with the bodies flown to Kathmandu after being retrieved from the mountain.

Nearly nine months after an avalanche swept through Mt Yalung Ri in Nepal's Rolwaling range, five bodies have been recovered. Locals discovered the remains in an area where snow had melted, prompting authorities to dispatch a police team.

Bad weather initially hampered recovery efforts, but conditions improved Sunday, allowing rescue teams to retrieve the bodies. The operation was perilous, with the team transporting the remains to Na village before flying them to Kathmandu on Monday.

All five bodies recovered from Yalung Ri have been identified.

— Santosh Kumar KhadkaPolice Inspector and information officer at the District Police Office in Dolakha, confirming the identification of the recovered bodies.

The five recovered climbers were part of a group of seven who went missing in the avalanche on November 3 last year. At the time of the incident, eight climbers were rescued alive, though injured. The bodies of two foreign climbers were recovered shortly after the avalanche.

The latest recovery includes Nepali mountain guides Padam Tamang and Mer Karki, along with foreign climbers Marco Di Marcello from Canada, Markus Kerchler from Italy, and Jakob Schreiber from Germany. The bodies will be handed over to their families after necessary procedures, with Tamang's body undergoing a post-mortem examination in Charikot.

The operation was carried out in extremely hazardous conditions.

— Santosh Kumar KhadkaDescribing the difficult circumstances under which the rescue teams retrieved the bodies from the mountain.
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Originally published by Kathmandu Post in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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