Voice of Emirates – The Russian Mountaineering Federation issued a reassuring report regarding the fate of a group of climbers from Russia.
Stranded at high altitudes in the Nepalese Himalayas.
The Union’s vice president, Alexander Pyatnitsyn, confirmed that the climbers trapped on Manaslu (8,163 meters) are “safe” and continuing their descent.
This clarification came after previous media reports indicated that
the Russia climbers were unable to descend from the summit for several days.
“They were on the summit two days ago. They are descending, but visibility is poor,
and they have to proceed carefully to make sure everything is okay,” Pyatnitsyn told Match TV.
We are in daily contact with them, and we know they are fine.
No one is sick, everything is fine, and they are disembarking carefully.”
This is the latest in a series of accidents faced by Russian climbers in Central Asia.
Last summer, Russian Natalia Nagovitsyna broke her leg while descending from the peak of Pobeda in Kyrgyzstan.
This was at an altitude of over 7,000 meters,
and rescue attempts failed due to bad weather conditions.
