Nanda Devi is India's second highest mountain. Photo: ReutersFive bodies have been spotted high on a mountain in the Indian Himalayas during an aerial search for eight climbers feared swept away in an avalanche last week, a government official says. Jogdande, said the bodies were above 5000 metres and the possibility of a second avalanche would make accessing the site difficult. Nanda Devi, at 7816 metres (25,643 feet), and its sister mountain, Nanda Devi East, are among the world's most challenging peaks and only a handful of people have climbed them. Many of the other missing climbers are veterans but with little experience of Nanda Devi and its surrounding peaks, he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 04, 2019 02:48 UTC