Nepal halts search for missing Sherpa guides
April 20, 2014 19:24
Nepal today called off the search for three missing Sherpa guides due to heavy snow fall, two days after 13 people died in the deadliest accident on Mount Everest, the world's highest peak.
"Following heavy snow falls in the area the search and rescue operations have been halted as we were unable to locate the place where the climbers might have been buried," said Tilak Pandey, an official at the tourism ministry.
"It was not possible to carry out search for a long time in such a high altitude due to heavy snow fall," he pointed out. Thirteen dead bodies have been recovered from the mountain, while 10 guides have been rescued alive since the avalanche swept them away on Friday.
"Following heavy snow falls in the area the search and rescue operations have been halted as we were unable to locate the place where the climbers might have been buried," said Tilak Pandey, an official at the tourism ministry.
"It was not possible to carry out search for a long time in such a high altitude due to heavy snow fall," he pointed out. Thirteen dead bodies have been recovered from the mountain, while 10 guides have been rescued alive since the avalanche swept them away on Friday.
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