8 foreign climbers go missing on way to Nanda Devi peak

12:10:00 AM, Sunday 2nd of June 2019 | in miscellaneous

7 foreign mountaineers and a liaison officer from Indian Institute of Mountaineering have gone missing on their way to Nanda Devi’s East peak in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district. The team, of 7 climbers from the UK, US, and Australia, started their journey from Munsiyari on May 13 to climb the 7434-meter peak and was expected to be back to the base camp on Friday. A rescue team has already been sent to the base camp.