New Delhi: Indian authorities said they have abandoned the search for an eighth climber presumed killed in a deadly avalanche that struck near India’s second-highest Himalayan peak last month.
Seven bodies were retrieved from an altitude of 6,500m (21,300 feet) during a month-long operation that involved aerial surveillance and elite mountaineers trekking the treacherous Nanda Devi mountain peaks.
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