{"id":2004,"date":"2018-10-14T14:28:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T14:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewalkeronline.com\/?p=2004"},"modified":"2018-10-14T14:45:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-14T14:45:39","slug":"the-bodies-of-gurja-climbers-brought-to-kathmandu-for-post-mortem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewalkeronline.com\/?p=2004","title":{"rendered":"The bodies of Gurja climbers brought to Kathmandu for post-mortem"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\"\"<\/strong>Myagdi\/October 14, 2018: <\/strong>Dead bodies of the climbers have been brought to Kathmandu from the accident site in Gurja base camp in Myagdi district.<\/p>\n

A violent snowstorm had killed 9 climbers five-Korean and four Nepalese guide, in western Nepal on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The body of a local guide Netra Chhantyal has been left back, upon the request of the victim’s family.<\/p>\n

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The bodies of Korean team leader Kim chang ho, Lee jaehun, Rim il jin, Yoo youngjik, Jeong joon mo; along with Nepalese guides Chhiring Bhote, Dena Aangjuk Bhote, Phurpu Bhote were brought to Kathmandu.
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However, the liaison officer has been out of contact, even until the bodies have been brought to T.U Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu for post mortem.<\/p>\n

The crew of a rescue helicopter began retrieving the victims on Sunday, after attempts the day before were halted by strong winds.<\/p>\n

The experienced climber Kim Chang-ho, the first South Korean to reach the summits of the world’s 14 highest mountains without using supplemental oxygen, is among the dead, as per Nepal Mountaineering Association(NMA).<\/p>\n

One Korean climber and a Nepalese guide had left the base camp on health grounds and thus survived the ordeal, according to Santa Bir Lama-President of NMA.<\/p>\n

“It’s a new destination, what exactly happened is difficult to report because it was night time with all climbers dead. The entire mountaineering family is in deep grief” Lama added.<\/p>\n

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The climbers – led by Kim – had been waiting for a clear weather for the summit, when the storm hit Friday.<\/p>\n

The rarely-climbed Mount Gurja sits in Nepal’s Annapurna region, next to avalanche-prone Dhaulagiri, the world’s seventh highest mountain.<\/p>\n

According to the Himalayan Database, no-one has stood on Gurja’s summit since 1996.<\/p>\n

Only 30 people have successfully climbed to its peak compared with more the than 8,000 people who have reached the summit of the world’s highest mountain, Everest.<\/p>\n

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