KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 15
A Russian woman climber, who has gone missing on Mt Dhaulagiri since yesterday morning, has been spotted above 6,000m during the aerial search mission this morning.
According to Iswari Paudel, Managing Director at Himalayan Guides, an aerial search conducted by Kailash Helicopter has spotted Nadezhda Oleneva, 38, at around 6,100m.
Senior captain Philipp Schwegler who conducted the aerial search along with Roman Abildaev located Nadezhda who was reportedly trapped in a fracture of the ice sheet.
"We are planning to conduct a long-line rescue to evacuate her," Paudel said, adding that the fate of Nadezhda was still unknown. According to him, the long-line rescue evacuations would only be possible tomorrow morning depending on weather conditions.
Nadezhda fell into crevasse from around 6,680m at around 11:25am yesterday when a three-member team of Russian climbers attempted to climb Dhaulagiri without using base camp or Sherpa support.
Her teammates- Roman Abildaev and Radom Kashapov- reported that she has fallen some 500m below as per the GPS coordinates. All three climbers were there to attempt Dhaulagiri in an alpine style without using supplemental oxygen, sources said.
