The damage to the climbers’ bodies, including broken limbs and smashed skulls, indicated a violent wind carrying chunks of ice swept them away from their camp site, Budamagar said. Nepal offers hundreds of mountains to climb, and mountaineers generally choose those where the routes and conditions are well known. More adventurous climbers would be drawn to a mountain like Gurja, said Jiban Ghimire, who organizes expeditions for the Kathmandu-based company Shangrila Nepal Trek. Rescuers retrieved the climbers’ bodies on Sunday after the weather cleared. Im was a filmmaker who specialized in documentaries of mountain climbers.

Source: thestar October 15, 2018 12:11 UTC