Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Indian climbers who died on the world’s third tallest peak last week and flown them to Nepal’s capital. Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Indian climbers who died on the world’s third tallest peak last week and flown them to Nepal’s capital. The bodies of Biplab Baidya and Kuntal Kanrar were carried by rescuers from Mount Kanchenjung’s highest camp to a lower camp and then picked up by a helicopter. Mr Baidya had scaled Kanchenjung, while Mr Kanrar was on the way up but fell sick and died. Hundreds of foreign climbers and their guides attempt to scale high Himalayan peaks during Nepal’s popular spring climbing season, which begins around March and ends this month.

Source: Irish Independent May 19, 2019 11:32 UTC