Stuck for 3 days Two female climbers rescued from an emergency in the Indian Himalayas
Two experienced female mountaineers from Great Britain and the USA have been rescued from an emergency in the Himalayas in northern India. The 37-year-old British mountaineer Fay Manners and the American Theresa Dvorak (31) were stuck for three days after they lost a rucksack containing food, a tent and other equipment on their way to the summit of the 6,995-metre-high Chaukhamba-3 on Thursday, reported the newspaper "Times of India". The bag had fallen into a deep ravine.
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- Two experienced mountaineers from the UK and the USA were stuck in the Himalayas for three days.
- On Sunday morning, they were rescued at an altitude of around 5300 meters by a rescue team from the Indian Air Force.
- Both are doing well.
Both women were rescued on Sunday morning at an altitude of about 5,300 meters by a rescue team of the Indian Air Force, the newspaper quoted a representative of the disaster management office of the Chamoli district in the state of Uttarakhand. Both were said to be fine. According to local media reports, they were taken by helicopter to an army base. On Saturday, the two climbers, who had previously been missing, were discovered by a group of French mountaineers.
Chaukhamba-3 is located in the Indian Garhwal Himalayas. According to Indian reports, numerous climbers and mountain hikers have already lost their lives in the region. In June, nine members of a 22-member group of mountain hikers on a high-altitude trail in Uttarakhand lost their lives when they were caught in a heavy snowstorm.
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