Bodies of two French climbers found on Mt Paldor

Bodies of two French climbers found on Mt Paldor


Kantipur Report


KATHMANDU, July 16 - A joint Nepal-France search team has recovered the bodies of two of the four French climbers who went missing on Mt Paldor nine months ago.

They were reported missing on Paldor Himal which is near Ganesh Himal in October last year.

A search team led by Jau Khudre, principal of ENSA (École Nationale de Sky et Alpinisme ) – a mountaineering academy in France – consisting of seven Nepali mountaineering trainers started the search a week ago.

“We found two bodies a few days ago during our third attempt,” a member of the rescue team Pemba Gelje Sherpa said. “We couldn’t find the other two but the two we found couldn’t be identified as well.”

According to Sherpa, the bodies were found at an altitude of 4,900 m at Sanjung glacier near the Ganesh Himal. “We cremated them at the same place.”

On the request of the families of the deceased climbers, Nepal Mountaineering Instructor’s Association (NMIA) and France’s Polyvilla Foundation had attempted the search.

The four climbers, Stefan Cieslar, Jean-Baptiste Moreau, Raphael Perrissin and Vincent Villedieu, had gone missing nine months ago and were believed to have died in an avalanche on the mountain.

Earlier, a joint team of Nepalese and French mountaineers had attempted a search operation without any success.

Source; eKantipur
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