Five Russian climbers who, were on heading towards the Summit of Dhaulagiri fell from the high mountain at an altitude of over 7,700 Metre and died. The dead bodies were found on Tuesday, October 8, two day after the accident, according to Mingma Sherpa, Vice Chairman of Heli Everest, who was involved in the rescue operation. All of them were heading towards towards the summit of the 8167 metre peak, the seventh highest mountain in the world, with the help of a single rope. They fell from the mountain on Sunday and their bodies were missing since then. Their bodies were found on Tuesday while conducting search operation, he told The Nepal Weekly. The bodies were located on the mountain by a rescue helicopter, said Sherpa. Rakesh Gurung, director at Tourism Department of Nepal also confirmed that the five bodies were found in the mountain on Tuesday. The rescue works could not be conducted on Monday due to bad weather, he added. The climbers were identified as Alexander Dusheyko, Oleg Kruglov, Vladimir Chistikov, Mikhail Nosenko, and Dmitrii Shpilevoi-lost. They lost contact with the base-camp after departing from the high camp at 6:00 AM on Sunday while attempting to summit, Sherpa said. Another Russian climber was rescued from the base camp by the helicopter, he added. Meanwhile, Polish tourist Sowinska Agnieszka, 23, died while trekking around the Suryakunda area, the border of Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts situated in Northern Nepal Monday night. Police said that she died due to altitude high sickness.
