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Himalayas: Five bodies discovered in the eastern part of the mountain range
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Himalayas: Five bodies discovered in the eastern part of the mountain range

From Der Spiegel · () German

Translated from German, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Five bodies were discovered in the Himalayas, potentially belonging to climbers missing since November.
  • Authorities in Nepal suspect the bodies are of five mountaineers lost in an avalanche.
  • Bad weather has prevented the recovery and identification of the bodies so far.

Five bodies have been sighted in the Himalayan mountain range, raising fears they may be the mountaineers who went missing following an avalanche last November. Authorities in Nepal have not ruled out this possibility, though the bodies have yet to be recovered or identified.

Biswash Karki, the head of the responsible municipality Gaurishankar, located on the border with Tibet, told the German Press Agency that he believes the deceased are the missing climbers. The bodies were reportedly found below the summit on Thursday. However, recovery efforts were hampered by poor weather conditions on Friday, forcing a helicopter to turn back.

A recovery team remains on standby. The five missing individuals were part of a larger group of 15 climbers who were attempting to ascend the 5,630-meter Yalung Ri peak in November when they were caught in an avalanche. The exact circumstances and the fate of the remaining climbers are still unclear.

he assumes that the dead are the missing mountaineers.

— Biswash KarkiSpeaking about the discovery of five bodies in the Himalayas.
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Originally published by Der Spiegel in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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