Bodies of US, Nepali climbers recovered from Tibet mountain
The Peninsula
Kathmandu: A team of mountaineers has retrieved the bodies of a US climber and her Nepali guide who were killed in an avalanche on Mount Shishapangma...
Kathmandu: A team of mountaineers has retrieved the bodies of a US climber and her Nepali guide who were killed in an avalanche on Mount Shishapangma in Tibet last year, organisers said Saturday.
Mount Shishapangma is one of the highest mountains in the world, at 8,027 metres (26,335 feet), and is located entirely within Chinese territory.
In October last year, an avalanche on the mountain killed two US climbers and their Nepali guides.
Nirmal Purja of Elite Exped, a firm that organises expeditions, said Saturday it had retrieved the bodies of American Anna Gutu and her Nepali guide Mingmar Sherpa.
"Earlier this week, we were able to climb on Shishapangma and were able to bring them down the mountain and cross the border," he said on Instagram.