Five Russian climbers died on world's 7th-highest-peak in Nepal's Dhaulagiri
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Five Russian mountaineers died while climbing the world's seventh-highest peak in Nepal after they slipped and fell, an expedition organiser in Nepal said on Tuesday (Oct 8).
The team lost contact with them two days ago while they were on Mount Dhaulagiri.
The Russian mountaineers were climbing the 26,788-foot-high Mount Dhaulagiri during Nepal's autumn climbing season.
They were reportedly missing since Sunday, and a rescue helicopter found their bodies on Tuesday, said Pemba Jangbu Sherpa of the Kathmandu-based IAM Trekking and Expeditions.
Rakesh Gurung, from Nepal's tourism department, said the team went missing late on the evening of October 6, while they were attempting to summit the 8,167 metre(26,795 feet) high Himalayan peak.
"Five dead bodies were discovered by a helicopter rescue team," Gurung told AFP. "They fell from 7,700 metres."
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He further said that one climber who quit the summit attempt had been rescued from the mountain and "admitted to a hospital" in Kathmandu.
Meanwhile, nothing has been decided about bringing the bodies down from the mountain, which would require extensive planning, manpower, and equipment.
Eight of the world's 14 highest peaks are in Nepal, andforeign climbers who aim to climb these mountains are a major source of revenue for the country.
Hundreds of people across the world travel to the Himalayas every year for the autumn climbing season in Nepal.
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The growth of the climbing industry has created huge competition among companies for businesswhile also raising fears that some are cutting corners on safety.
Earlier in October last year, a well-known Russian climber Nadezhda Oleneva died on Mount Dhaulagiri, just weeks after five climbers died in the French Alps.
Last month, four mountaineers from Italy and South Korea were found dead on the Alps' highest peak of Mont Blanc after they had been missing for three days in bad weather.
(With inputs from agencies)
