Indian air force pilots spotted five bodies Monday in the Himalayas near the border with China and Nepal while searching for eight climbers who went missing in an avalanche while attempting to chart a new route on India's second-highest mountain.
A view of the Himalayas from the hill station of Kausani in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand on Nov. 13, 2015.
Government officials are consulting the Indian army and Indo-Tibetan Border Police on how to retrieve the bodies from a summit on Nanda Devi East, a twin peak of Nanda Devi, India's second-highest mountain. The team had last been in touch with base camp on May 26, according to four members of their expedition who had remained there, hemmed in by the heavy snowfall and rescued Sunday.
Jogdande said Thomas and the three others received first aid at a hospital in the town of Pithoragarh and were later released.Maninder Kohli, a mountaineer and foundation member, said Moran was known for his passion for trying new peaks.
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