हिमपहिरोमा परि मुस्ताङमा ४ जनाको ज्यान गयो, १४ घाइते

पोखरा-हिमपहिरोमा परेर मुस्ताङमा तीन विदेशी पर्यटकसहित चारजनाको ज्यान गएको छ। ज्यान जानेमा एक नेपाली, एक इजरायली र दुईजना पोल्याण्डका पर्यटक छन्। हिमपहिरोमा परि १४ जना विदेशी घाइते भएका छन्। मुस्ताङका प्रमुख जिल्ला अधिकारी बाबुराम भण्डारीका अनुसार अन्नपूर्ण फेरोको थोराङपास (५४१६ मिटर) पार गरेर मुक्तिनाथतर्फ झर्ने क्रममा करिब ५ हजार मिटरको उचाइमा उनीहरु हिमपातमा परेका थिए। मृत्यु हुनेको नाम खुलेको छैन।

भण्डारीका अनुसार हिमपातमा परेर इजरायलका ४, पोल्याण्डका ५ र जर्मनका ५ जना पर्यटक घाइते भएका छन्। अन्नपूर्ण फेरोको मनाङ हुँदै थोराङपास गरेर मुक्तिनाथतर्फ निस्कदै गर्दा उनीहरु बेलुकी साढे ५ बजे ‘दमक्याम्प' भन्ने ठाउँमा पुगेका थिए। दमक्याम्प पुग्न मुक्तिनाथ मन्दिरबाट करिब चारघण्टा पैदल हिड्नुपर्छ। दमक्याम्प पुग्नासाथ उनीहरु हिमपातको चपेटामा परेका थिए।

हावाहुरी सहितको हिमपातले उनीहरु कठांग्रिएका थिए। ‘हामीलाई खबर आएपछि सुरक्षाकर्मी परिचालन गरिएको हो। नेपाली सेना उद्धारका लागि गएको छ' प्रजिअ भण्डारीले टेलिफोनमा नागरिकसँग भने, ‘सुरक्षाकर्मी मध्यरातमा मात्र घटनास्थलमा पुगेका छन्।' सेनाको टोलीले अप्ठेरोमा परेका पर्यटकको प्राथमिक उपचार गरिरहेको उनले जानकारी दिए। ‘बाक्लो हिउँ परेकोले भनेको बेला पुग्न सकिँदैन।

घाइतेहरुलाई सेनाले घटनास्थलमै राखेर उपचार गरिरहेको छ। मृत्यु भएका र घाइतेलाई जोमसोम झार्ने प्रयास भइरहेको छ' उनले भने, ‘पाँचफिट उचाइसम्म हिउँ परेकोले समयमा उद्धार गर्न नसकिएको हो। शारिरिक रुपमा कमजोर भएकाले पनि उनीहरुलाई राती तल झार्न सकिएन।

Source : http://www.nagariknews.com/breaking-news/story/26255 

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Good News For Mountain Lovers

As per the decision of Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, mountains of the height less than 5800m will be promoted as trekking peaks and royalty fee has been waived for those peaks. Hence, the following peaks managed by NMA are free of Royalty fee from now onwards.

Tent Peak (5663m)
Mardi Himal (5587m)
Yala Peak (5732 m)
Chukung ri (5550 m)

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Three Mountaineers Missing in Kanchenjunga

Renowned mountaineer Chhanda Gayen and two of her accompanying sherpas, who were attempting to scale the 8,505-metre-high Kanchenjunga West, known as Yalung Kang in Nepal, are reported to be missing.

Gayen, best known for being the first civilian women from West Bengal to scale Mount Everest, went missing Tuesday after being caught in an avalanche, as per the information received here.

She annexed the 8,585-metre high Kanchenjunga Main, the third tallest peak, on May 18 along with three other climbers from Kolkata — Tusi Das, Dipankar Ghosh and Rajib Bhattacharjee.

According to reports available Tusi, Rajiv and Dipankar decided to return to the base camp after the summit while Chhanda along with two sherpas — Dawa Wangchu and Mingma Temba — went on to climb the nearby Yalung Kang, also known as Kanchenjuga West.

Chhanda was with Sherpas Dewa Wangchu and Migma Temba when an avalanche struck close to the summit late Tuesday afternoon. There has been no contact with them ever since. Nepal authorities launched a heli-search on Wednesday and found traces of an avalanche at her last known location. But there was no trace of her or the Sherpas. Another search will be launched on Thursday.

Pusi Das, a climber from Kolkata, who had accompanied Chhanda to Mt Everest, also summitted Kanchenjunga just after her. Together with Everesters Rajib Bhjattacharya and Dipankar Ghosh, they came down to summit camp. This is where Chhanda parted company and proceeded towards Mt Yalung Kang, also known as Kanchenjunga West.

The last contact with Chhanda was around 3pm on Tuesday when one of her Sherpas reported that they were very close to the summit of Mt Yalung Kang. The avalanche hit soon after this.

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