FILE PHOTO: Snow-covered Nanda Devi mountain is seen from Auli town, in the northern Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, India January 24, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Two weeks after an avalanche swept up and probably killed a group of climbers in the Himalayas, Indian authorities mounted efforts to pluck their bodies from an exposed mountain face, braving harsh weather and treacherous terrain.
The peaks in the 2,400-km (1,500-mile) -long range are among some of the world's tallest and most dangerous, drawing thousands of adventurers who risk their lives scaling them each year.
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