Kathmandu: 27-year-old Baljeet Kaur was found alive today after she went missing near Camp IV of Mt Annapurna while descending from the Summit point. An aerial search team located the leading Indian woman climber, who scaled the world’s 10th highest peak without using supplemental oxygen on Monday.
According to Mr. Sherpa, Baljeet’s GPS location has indicated an altitude of 7,375m. she climbed Mt Annapurna along with two Sherpa guides at around 5:15 PM on Monday and at least three helicopters were mobilized to trace her.
On the same day, Anurag Malu, a resident of Kishangarh Rajasthan went missing while descending from Camp III of Mt. Annapurna. It was later realized that Malu died after falling from 6000m into a crevasse while descending from Camp IV. Noel Hanna, the first person from Ireland to reach the summit of K2 during winters breathed his last in Camp IV last night. Now efforts are underway to bring their bodies back to the base camp.