Last Updated: April 19, 2023, 09:45 IST
The Annapurna mountain vary is seen in the background as a person paddles by means of Phewa Tal lake in Pokhara April 7, 2008. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (NEPAL)/File Photo
Noel Hanna, who had climbed Mount Everest 10 instances, scaled the 8,091 metres Annapurna peak in Nepal on Monday and died in a single day after descending from the height
A mountaineer from Northern Ireland died whereas descending from the summit of the world’s tenth highest peak and an Indian climber is lacking on the identical mountain, climbing officers stated on Tuesday.
Noel Hanna, who had climbed Mount Everest 10 instances, scaled the 8,091 metres (26,545 toes) Annapurna peak in west Nepal on Monday and died in a single day in Camp IV after descending from the height.
Yubaraj Khatiwada, an official of the Department of Tourism, stated the circumstances of Hanna’s loss of life have been unclear.
He stated an Indian climber, who fell right into a crevasse on the decrease reaches of Annapurna, has been lacking since Monday.
Two different Indian mountaineers, who have been caught up in dangerous climate whereas climbing Annapurna, have been being rescued, climbing firm officers stated.
Annapurna peak in west Nepal, first climbed by Maurice Herzog of France in the early Nineteen Fifties, is taken into account harmful due to the danger of frequent avalanches.
At least 365 folks have climbed Annapurna and greater than 72 have died on the mountain, based on climbing officers.
Last week, three Nepali sherpa climbers died after being hit by an ice serac on the decrease components of Mount Everest.
Nepal has eight of the world’s 14 highest mountains. Climbing Himalayan peaks and climbing on their foot hills are well-liked journey sports activities in addition to a supply of employment and earnings for the nation which is tucked between China and India.
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