Three days after avalanche who lured a group of climbers into Himalayashopes of finding survivors are fading and Indian authorities have so far recovered 26 bodies and searches have been called off due to bad weather.
The victims are 24 apprentice climbers and their two instructors, as announced by the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering. If the weather conditions improve, the search will resume tomorrow, Saturday.
Sunil Laluani, one of the 32 rescued, praised the trainers for their composure after he said they saved many lives. “We were about 50-100 meters from the top, with the trainers in front of us, when suddenly an avalanche swept everyone away. It happened within seconds and we were in a crevasse (in the glacier). We managed to, like – like, catch our breath. Thanks to them (trainers) we are alive today,” he told the Hindustan Times newspaper.
The climbers were swept away by the avalanche near the summit of Mount Draupadi and Dada-2, at an altitude of 4,880 meters, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Among the dead is the well-known mountaineer Savita Kansual, who joined the team as an instructor. A few months ago Kansual summited Everest and neighboring Mt Makulu in just 16 days, a record for the women’s category.
Source: News Beast
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