KATHMANDU: An Indian climber went missing while attempting to climb the 10th highest mountain, Mt Annapurna, in Nepal on Monday afternoon. A search operation to locate the missing climber, identified as Anurag Maloo (34) from Kishangargh of Rajasthan, has continued since afternoon.
“Search operation is on. He fell into a crevasse while returning from Camp IV on Monday afternoon,” chairman of Seven Summit Treks, Mingma Sherpa, said. As per the official from the expedition organising fimr, the climber went missing after he fell down from around 6,000 mt while descending from Camp III.
Maloo also had abandoned the summit attempt and was on his way back to the camp when he fell into the crevasse on Monday afternoon. His condition is yet to be known. The aspiring mountaineer last year had successfully ascended Mount Ama Dablam and was planning to stand atop Mount Everest, Annapurna and Lhotse this season.
He was also on a mission to climb all 14 peaks above 8,000 meters and seven summits to create awareness and dive action towards achieving the UN Global Goals #ClimbingForSDGs. (ANI)