Five Climbers Fall to Their Deaths on Dhaulagiri

The seventh highest mountain in the world, 26,788 foot Dhaulagiri, has claimed the lives of five Russian mountaineers. It appears the fallen climbers slipped from the icy slopes of Dhaulagiri while climbing during the fall season in the Himalayas. The mountain is located in the Dhaulagiri Himal range of north-central Nepal. Rescue efforts began on Sunday when the climbers failed to return to high camp after their summit push. A rescue team spotted the climbers’ bodies from a helicopter on Tuesday, October 8th at approximately 23,000 feet. Two climbers reached the summit of the peak, while the other three climbers had turned around before the summit attempting to get back to camp. The tragedy mirrors the fatal event last year on the same mountain when Russian climber Nadezhda Oleneva fell to her death. Angela Benavides reported in her article, Five Russian Climbers Dead on Dhaulagiri, for ExplorersWeb that team initiated their summit bid on October 6th. They failed to check in again, and authorities were cont