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Five bodies spotted in search for missing Himalayas climbers
CNN ^ | June 3, 2019 | Swati Gupta and Helen Regan

Posted on 06/03/2019 2:36:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin

A search team in the Indian Himalayas has spotted five bodies on the unnamed peak where eight climbers are believed to have gone missing a week ago.

Pithoragarh District Magistrate Vijay Kumar Jogdande told CNN Monday that the bodies appear to be partially buried in an avalanche on the peak in different locations.

The bodies were identified following analysis of photographs taken by a helicopter that conducted an air survey of the area earlier in the day.

The missing climbers -- four Britons, two Americans, an Australian and their Indian liaison officer -- went missing in the region of Nanda Devi East, one of the highest peaks in India at just over 7,400 meters (24,000 feet.)

The group was attempting to scale a previously unclimbed and unnamed peak believed to be about 6,477 meters (21,250 feet) high, according to Facebook posts from the group's expedition company. The alarm was raised a few days after they failed to return to camp.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: climbers; himalayas

1 posted on 06/03/2019 2:36:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

I suspect Fowl Play....................


2 posted on 06/03/2019 2:37:25 PM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: BenLurkin

This Everest situation is idiotic. I understand the Chinese really cracked down on letting people climb Everest from the Tibet side.


3 posted on 06/03/2019 2:37:49 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Red Badger

This didn’t happen in Turkey.


4 posted on 06/03/2019 2:41:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Somehow, someway I am betting there is a muslim involved...............


5 posted on 06/03/2019 2:42:30 PM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: kaehurowing

This wasn’t Everest, another unnamed mountain...............


6 posted on 06/03/2019 2:43:08 PM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: BenLurkin

A party of 12 had permission to climb Nanda Devi East, and these 8 split off at the base camp to go climb the unnamed peak, and the 4 who climbed Nanda Devi did not summit. A failure all around, aside from those 4 being alive.
It sounds as if the group of 8 (which included the expedition leader) intended to climb the unnamed peak all along and knew they would not receive permission.


7 posted on 06/03/2019 2:50:00 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: GnuThere

Interesting.


8 posted on 06/03/2019 2:54:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: kaehurowing

That isn’t Everest, though it is in the Himalaya.


9 posted on 06/03/2019 3:18:52 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: Red Badger

10 posted on 06/03/2019 3:25:27 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: BenLurkin

Worth the risk? They wouldn’t do it if it were not very risky.


11 posted on 06/03/2019 3:28:45 PM PDT by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
...the bodies appear to be partially buried in an avalanche on the peak in different locations... four Britons, two Americans, an Australian and their Indian liaison officer... attempting to scale a previously unclimbed and unnamed peak believed to be about 6,477 meters (21,250 feet) high...
They're looking a little peaked. Thanks BenLurkin.

12 posted on 06/03/2019 3:54:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: steve86

I ain’t lost nothin’ up there


13 posted on 06/03/2019 4:18:35 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: luvbach1

It is the wealthy person’s equivalent to hanging off a bridge to tag it with graffiti.


14 posted on 06/03/2019 5:37:26 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: Red Badger

15 posted on 06/03/2019 5:54:58 PM PDT by neefer (We're walking real proud and we're talking real loud again.)
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To: BenLurkin
"Unnamed peak"

The peak has been there for millions of years.

Why have the Indians not gotten around to naming it?

16 posted on 06/03/2019 7:13:18 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: Deaf Smith

It’s a name that must not be spoken!


17 posted on 06/03/2019 7:14:41 PM PDT by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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