Nepali rescue workers have spotted five bodies at a site where the same number of climbers went missing last year, officials said on Saturday.
Missing Climbers
Three foreign climbers — an Italian Canadian, an Italian and a German — and two Nepali nationals have been missing since November last year after being struck by an avalanche on Yalung Ri mountain.
Two others, an Italian and a French climber, had died at the base camp of the mountain, which rises to 5,630 metres (18,470 feet) in Dolakha district, bordering the Tibet region of China.
Thabindra Kumar Kafle of the Gaurishankar Rural Municipality where the mountain is located, said some workers assigned to look for the bodies by a hiking company spotted them on Friday.
Phurba Tenjing Sherpa of the Dreamers’ Destination hiking company, which had been guiding the foreign climbers, said the bodies may have come out after the snow melted.
Original reporting: Appleton, WI News Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
