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KATHMANDU: Two Indians, prominent woman climber Baljeet Kaur and the youngest Indian to climb Mt Everest in 2010, Arjun Vajpayee, were rescued from Mt Annapurna in Nepal on Tuesday, the expedition organisers said.
Kaur, 27, who scaled the world’s 10th highest peak without using supplemental oxygen, went missing near Camp IV while descending from the summit point on Monday. She was rescued from a height of 7,363m after an aerial search team located her above Camp IV, chairman at Pioneer Adventure Pasang Sherpa, was quoted as saying by the Himalayan Times newspaper. “She has suffered from frostbite,” Sherpa said.
Kaur has been admitted to CIWEC Hospital in Kathmandu for treatment. Kaur was seen descending alone towards Camp IV. The leading Indian woman climber, who was left alone below the summit point, remained out of radio contact till this morning, the report added.
An aerial search mission was initiated on Tuesday morning only after she managed to send a radio signal asking for ‘immediate help’.She climbed Mt Annapurna along with two Sherpa guides at around 5.15pm on Monday. At least three helicopters were mobilised to trace her.
In May last year, Kaur, from Himachal Pradesh, scaled Mt Lhotse and became the first Indian climber to have climbed four 8,000-metre peaks in a single season.
Arjun Vajpayee was rescued from 6,800 metres, Seven Summit Trek’s expedition director Chhawang Dawa Sherpa said. “He has sustained injuries,” department of tourism director Yubraj Khatiwada was quoted as saying in The Kathmandu Post newspaper. Vajpayee, 29, was admitted for treatment to Hams Hospital after being airlifted to Kathmandu.
Kaur, 27, who scaled the world’s 10th highest peak without using supplemental oxygen, went missing near Camp IV while descending from the summit point on Monday. She was rescued from a height of 7,363m after an aerial search team located her above Camp IV, chairman at Pioneer Adventure Pasang Sherpa, was quoted as saying by the Himalayan Times newspaper. “She has suffered from frostbite,” Sherpa said.
Kaur has been admitted to CIWEC Hospital in Kathmandu for treatment. Kaur was seen descending alone towards Camp IV. The leading Indian woman climber, who was left alone below the summit point, remained out of radio contact till this morning, the report added.
An aerial search mission was initiated on Tuesday morning only after she managed to send a radio signal asking for ‘immediate help’.She climbed Mt Annapurna along with two Sherpa guides at around 5.15pm on Monday. At least three helicopters were mobilised to trace her.
In May last year, Kaur, from Himachal Pradesh, scaled Mt Lhotse and became the first Indian climber to have climbed four 8,000-metre peaks in a single season.
Arjun Vajpayee was rescued from 6,800 metres, Seven Summit Trek’s expedition director Chhawang Dawa Sherpa said. “He has sustained injuries,” department of tourism director Yubraj Khatiwada was quoted as saying in The Kathmandu Post newspaper. Vajpayee, 29, was admitted for treatment to Hams Hospital after being airlifted to Kathmandu.
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