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Avalanche kills 15 Nepali workers preparing Himalayan mountain camp for climbers
KATHMANDU: At least 15 Nepali workers were killed when an avalanche buried a mountain camp they were preparing in central Nepal for foreign climbers, a rescue official said on Thursday, in the deadliest incident of the autumn climbing season ending this month. The avalanche buried the base camp of the 7,126-meter (23,379-foot) Himlung Himal mountain in the northern Manang district over the weekend, where the Nepali workers were pitching tents and fixing ropes. One remains missing. Rescuers have so far recovered 15 bodies from the site, said Tul Singh Gurung, president of the Nepal National Mou...
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