Spanish Trekkers Lost on Ghorepani Trek
Two trekkers from Spain have been missing on the Ghorepani trek (between Ulleri and Ghorepani) for the past two days. Mr. Erik Kasanovas and Ms. Molas Junka Messi lost contact, according to Mr. Bharat Gurung from the local municipality. Two bags were found near a bridge, and it is suspected that they might have tried to enjoy the waterfall and were swept away by the river. According to the office of the Annapurna Conservation Area post in Birethanti, the trekkers were reported to be on the Ghorepani trek. The chief officer of the post mentioned that a beautiful waterfall is located near where the bags were found.
The search team has been looking for them for an entire day and found only two trekking poles nearby. Mr. Gurung stated that the search will continue towards the lower part of the stream on Tuesday.
Ghorepani is a beautiful viewpoint on the Annapurna Circuit Trekking trail. The spring and autumn seasons are popular with tourists wanting to enjoy the beauty of the Himalayas, whereas summer is much quieter. Trekking in summer is considered challenging due to landslides, flooding, heavy rainfall, leeches, and other factors.
Source: news agency
Human skeletal found in Mardi Himal trek route
Human skeletal remains have been found near the base camp of the Mardi Himal trek in Machhapuchhre Municipality-9, Kaski. He niticed it near the Nigalo pasture, close to the Mardi Himal base camp, as informed by Rajendra Kshetri, the ward chairperson of Machhapuchhre Municipality-9.
“Local sheep herder Govinda Gautam called to report the discovery of human remains near the Nigalo pasture close to the Mardi Himal trek’s base camp,” Kshetri quoted Gautam. “After receiving the information about the human remains, I have informed the Kaski police and the municipality. We will coordinate and head to the location where the remains were found soon.”
The location where the human remains were found is situated 1,200 meters east of the main path to the Mardi Himal base camp, in the gorge above the source of the Mardi River. He speculated that the remains found near the base camp of Mardi Himal could belong to Mitchell Louis Blumberg, a Sweden national who has been missing since January 14, 2024 who was trekking alone, may have been attacked by a bear.
Kshetri stated that the sheep herders only found a leg bone, clothing, and a mobile phone near the Mardi Himal base camp just yesterday.
Source: sungavanews.com (07/08/2024)
2 Mongolian Climbers missing above south Cole of Everest
Mongolian climbers, Purevsuren Lkhagvar and Ushukhjgargal Tsendamba missing above 8,000m on Everest in the middle of summit waves. Two Mongolian climbers disappeared after they departed Camp 4 for the summit. They were climbing without supplementary O2 or sherpa support. Usukhjargal Tsedendamba and Prevsuren Lkhagvajav last made radio contact with Base Camp as they departed Camp 4 at 7:30 pm on Sunday (11-05-2024). They planned to reach the summit the following morning but never contacted Base Camp again.
Photo source: Everest Chronicles
Avalanche in Annapurna circuit
There was an heavy avalanche in Manang area (Annapurna Circuit Trekking route) on 3rd march 2024. At Nyshang Dhikurpokhari, due to avalanche the circuit trail to Annapurna was blocked. The avalanche are is 14km north from the headquarter of Manang district Chame. As per the CDO of Manang, they have been working to clear the blockade by a excavator from yesterday. As per ACAP officer, there are about 30 trekkers each day trekking through the route. The avalanche happened was at night and there were no any people in an accident.
Trekker found dead in Machhapuchare
Ms. Pla Josh, a German national, was discovered deceased in Machhepuchare, Nepal, where she had been trekking with an American companion. She had lost contact since Saturday, prompting the deployment of the Armed Police Force to search the suspected area. Her body was found vertically down a rock in Machhapuchare Rural Municipality, Mirsa. According to her trekking partner, she slipped while returning from the Machhepuchare trek. The American companion reported the incident to the police in Pokhara. The search team located her on a steep rock slope and is now preparing to retrieve her body with the assistance of ropes.
Source: News agency
Accident in Dhaulagiri trekking
Trekkers were going to Dhaulagiri trek from west side. One of the porter lift the luggage of the trekkers to Dhaulagiri Base Camp at an altitude of 4650m from sea level. The porters were returning to the Italian base camp (3500m) on 20th of April 2023. The avalanche hit them while returning. One of the porter name Amrit Rai, permanent resident of Solukhumvu, Dudhkunda-1, age of 20 was died.
Mt. Dhaulagiri I 8167m is 7th highest peak in the world. The round Dhaulagiri is considered as one of the difficult trekking pass.
Avalanche in Annapurna
An Indian climber, Mr. Anurag Malu went to climb Annapurna I 8091m (10th highest mountain in the world) was hit by avalanche. He was successfully rescued on 20th of April after 3 days of accident. He was in between camp 2 and 3 at an altitude of 5800m. The team did some primary treatment at the base camp and lift Pokhara for further treatment and preparing to air lift to India. One French and one Nepali climber were successfully rescued in the same avalanche. Avalanche is one of the high risk to the climbers. Every year, due to avalanche climbers lost their life. It is unpredictable and can be massive.