Scores of emergency workers were battling bad weather Saturday to locate eight climbers missing on India’s second-highest mountain, an official said. Four Britons, two Americans, an Australian and an Indian were set to climb the 25,675-foot Nanda Devi East peak — near the border with China — and return to their base camp last weekend. But the group, led by the British climber Martin Moran, who has successfully climbed the world’s 23rd-highest peak several times in the past, failed to report back to the Munsiyari base camp after starting the ascent on May 13. “We have activated resources to trace the climbers after they failed to return to the base camp, but bad weather is hindering the operation,” said Vijay Kumar Jogdande, a local magistrate.

Source: New York Times June 01, 2019 14:48 UTC