A foreign climber and his Sherpa guide were found dead inside a tent at the high camp on Mt Manaslu this morning after hundreds of climbers retreated to base camp following adverse weather on the world’s eighth-highest mountain, officials said.
The disaster triggered by an ice-rock avalanche in Rasuwa has prompted a regional effort to identify other potentially dangerous sites across the Hindu Kush Himalaya and strengthen systems for monitoring and warning communities in time.
Hundreds of climbers who were supposed to head for a summit push from high camps on Mount Manaslu returned to base camp last night after incessant snowfall blanketed the entire climbing route, expedition organisers said.