Body of Sydney mountaineer Ruth McCance retrieved in India

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Seven bodies have been airlifted by helicopter from Nanda Devi East in India including that of Sydney mountaineer Ruth McCance, authorities say

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Just days after Australian mountaineer Ruth McCance was farewelled at a Sydney memorial service her body has been airlifted off a remote mountain in India's Himalayas.

They were then moved in bags by a team travelling on foot to a site where they could be more easily be reached by helicopters.Pithoragarh district magistrate Vijay Kumar Jogdande told AAP that body is believed to be"Ruth McCance from Australia".The bodies have been brought back to the Pithoragarh district headquarters about 100 kilometres away from the retrieval site.

Monsoon is expected to reach the district in the next day or two, and authorities will revisit the subject of the retrieval mission in three or four months once the season passes.

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