A mountaineer who had scaled Everest ten times has passed away in Nepal after climbing Annapurna.
According to official reports, an Indian climber has not been seen since Monday.
KHATMANDU: An Indian climber is missing on the same mountain, according to climbing officials, while a mountaineer from Northern Ireland perished while descending from the top of the world’s tenth-highest peak.
Noel Hanna, a ten-time Everest climber, reached the 8,091-meter (26,545-foot) Annapurna peak in west Nepal on Monday. He passed away the next day at Camp IV after descending from the mountain.
According to Yubaraj Khatiwada, a representative of the Department of Tourism, Hanna’s death’s circumstances are unknown.
He claimed that since Monday, a climber from India has been missing after falling into a crevasse on the lower parts of Annapurna.
Officials from the hiking firm reported that two further Indian mountaineers who were stuck in terrible weather while scaling Annapurna were in the process of being rescued.
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Because of the potential for numerous avalanches, Maurice Herzog of France made the first ascent of the west Nepali peak known as Annapurna in the early 1950s.
According to hiking officials, at least 365 people have scaled Annapurna and more than 72 have perished there.
Three Nepali sherpa climbers perished last week after being struck by an ice serac on Mount Everest’s lower slopes.
Eight of the top 14 mountains in the world are located in Nepal. Adventure sports like mountain climbing and trekking in the foothills of the Himalayas are well-liked pastimes and a source of money and employment for the nation sandwiched between China and India.
