Search for six others missing trekkers including four South Korean nationals […] When they found the body, Malla found that Steck was wearing no harness and had with him no helmet, gloves, or trekking poles. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. Friends and relatives comfort each other as the bodies of Korean and Nepali climbers recovered from Mount Gurja are flown to Kathmandu. Annapurna finds one more dead body. According to diplomatic officials and local mountaineers, residents and Nepalese soldiers who searched the site of the accident this afternoon found some of the bodies out of the snow and dug around to secure them. Malla and another guide found his body at 9:34 a.m. about 3,000 feet below where they saw the climber earlier. “There needs be an investigation … my hope is that more information will come to light over the next day or two as the remains are collected and analysed,” said Dan Richards of Global Rescue, a US-based emergency assistance group that helped with the retrieval effort. Volunteers remove the dead bodies of Korean and Nepali climbers recovered from Mount Gurja. Nearby there was a rock covered in blood from a possible rockfall. KATHMANDU: A minor girl has ruthlessly been murdered after rape in Bajhang, KATHMANDU: Players of the national Badminton team will resume practice from, WASHINGTON: The number of novel coronavirus cases in the United States has, DARCHULA: A sub-inspector of police has been found dead at a hotel room in, KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Oli and Nepal Communist Party Chairman Pushpa, KATHMANDU: The Rotary International District 3292 Nepal has decided to present, KATHMANDU: Gold price has increased by Rs 008 per tola (11664 grams) in the, KATHMANDU: Seventeen people have died from floods and landslides triggered by, KATHMANDU: Police have arrested 19 gamblers with Rs 244,000 in cash from, DOTI: The Nepal Telecommunications (NTC) has been expanding the high-speed. Picture: AFPSource:AFP. Only 30 people have ever reached the summit of Mount Gurja with the last successful ascent recorded in 1996, according to the Himalayan Database. Search operation carried out for missing trekkers. A GROUP of mountain climbers who were attempting to scale one of the most inaccessible peaks in the Himalayas had no escape from the powerful downblast of an avalanche. news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site. Bodies of 2 dead climbers retrieved from Annapurna - myRepublica - The New York Times Partner, Latest news of Nepal in English, Latest News Articles