A group of five South Korean climbers and four Nepali climbers and porters are feared dead after a storm hit a camp on a Himalayan peak in west Nepal. Tourism ministry official Rameshwar Niraula said the storm struck the group at the base camp of Mount Gurja, a mountain of 7,913 metres. The area lies about 216km north-west of Kathmandu in the region where the world’s seventh-highest mountain, Dhaulagiri, is located. Wangchu Sherpa, of the Trekking Camp Nepal agency, said the rescue helicopter sent to look for the climbers could not land due to poor visibility. Income from foreign climbers is a major source of revenue for the country.

Source: The Guardian October 13, 2018 06:45 UTC