Helicopters airlifted the group to safety after they were spotted early Sunday at a base camp near India's second highest mountain, the 25,643ft Nanda Devi. The eight missing climbers - four Britons, two Americans, an Australian woman and an Indian - were set to scale an unclimbed summit last week in the mountain range, which includes the world's 23rd highest peak. Heavy snowfall and bad weather had left them struck at the base camp," RC Rajguru, police chief of Pithoragarh district - where the peak is located - told AFP. India has 10 peaks above 7,000-metres, including Kangchenjunga - the world's third highest - sandwiched between India and Nepal. Four Indians were among 11 climbers that died climbing Mount Everest in the latest season that ended this week amid allegations of overcrowding on the world's highest peak.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 02, 2019 10:07 UTC