INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 16The bodies of five Russian climbers who perished on Mt
Dhaulagiri on October 7 have been retrieved from 6,900 meters this morning.
Five bodies of Russian climbers yet to be
retrieved from Dhaulagiri
Seven Summit Treks announces 100% summit success
on Shisha Pangma
According to Mingma Sherpa,
Chairman at Seven Summit Treks, long-line rescuers recovered the bodies of Alexander Dusheyko, Oleg Kruglov, Vladimir Chistikov, Mikhail
Nosenko, and Dmitrii Shpilevoi and brought them to the base camp this morning.Mingma, who is the first South Asian to successfully climb all
14 of the world's 8000ers without repeating a summit, coordinated the retrieval mission on Mt
Dhaulagiri while senior captain at Altitude Air Bibek Khadka conducted the search and evacuation flight at 7,000 meters.
"We have successfully retrieved five bodies as they were pulled by IFMGA guide Dawa Phinjo Bhote and Lakpa Bhote," Mingma, who is now at
The recovery mission also involved long-line rescue specialist Lokendra Dhami
"Dhami supported the mission from the ground at the Dhaulagiri base camp," Sherpa said.The team stayed on the mountain since yesterday after
several retrieval missions in the last week failed due to bad weather conditions
"The bodies will be airlifted to Kathmandu shortly to hand them over to their respective families," Sherpa said.The climbers lost contact
with base camp officials and fellow climbers at 11:00 am on October 6 while at an altitude of 7,600 meters on the peak, which stands at
They were confirmed dead on October 8
The bodies were located at an altitude of 6,900m by a rescue helicopter
The 14-member team headed for Dhaulagiri to make an alpine style climbing attempt through I AM Trekking amp; Expedition.Earlier, Valerii
Shamalo, a member of the team who had abandoned the summit attempt, was rescued from Camp I and brought to Kathmandu.Denis Aleksenko from
Russia as well as Artsiom Tsentsevitski from Belarus had scaled Dhaulagiri on October 5 in an alpine style while six other climbers
abandoned their climbing bid earlier.
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