Gorkha, September 23
The bodies of two people who died after being buried in an avalanche at the base of Mt Manaslu have been brought to Kathmandu. The District Police Office in Gorkha said the bodies were airlifted from Chumunubri-1 in Samagaun to Kathmandu by helicopter on Wednesday morning.
Dhruvjyoti Guha, a German citizen of Indian origin, and his companion, Phursemba Sherpa of Makalu-2, Sankhuwasabha, died after being buried in an avalanche at the mountain’s third camp last Sunday night. Their bodies were brought to Samagaun three days after the incident, on Tuesday.
From there, they were airlifted to Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, early Wednesday morning, said DSP Raj Kumar Shrestha.
The two had joined a mountaineering expedition organised by Makalu Adventure Company Pvt. Ltd.
With their deaths, the number of people who have died on Mt Manaslu this season has reached four. Earlier, 50-year-old Singaporean climber Lauwi Seng died at the second camp. Similarly, 20-year-old Nepali assistant Tasi Sherpa died at the base camp.
This season, 493 foreign climbers have obtained permits to climb Mt Manaslu, also known as Killer Mountain. However, no climber has successfully summited the mountain so far this season due to bad weather.
Heavy snowfall and continuous rainfall have forced climbers to return to Kathmandu.
