Two weeks after an avalanche swept up and probably killed a group of climbers in...
MUMBAI - Two weeks after an avalanche swept up and probably killed a group of climbers in the Himalayas, Indian authorities mounted efforts to pluck their bodies from an exposed mountain face, braving harsh weather and treacherous terrain.
This year alone, more than two dozen climbers have been killed on peaks in India, Nepal and Pakistan. “It is difficult for a helicopter to hover for long in that area,” said Vijay Kumar Jogdande, a government official in India’s northern state of Uttarakhand, adding that a three-sided bowl-shaped geographic configuration complicated the task.
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