Helicopter rescue efforts took place on Monday and Tuesday for avalanche victims. Furtenbach said those injured have all been rescued.that the avalanche took place between Camps 3 and 4, which are above 22,000 feet, and that "more than 13 climbers were swept along." Mountaineer Nims Purja, of Elite Exped, posted videos showing helicopters managing rescues from the avalanche.
Hilaree Nelson of Telluride, Colorado, and James Morrison of Tahoe, California, raise their fists as the pair arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, Oct. 4, 2018.Mountaineers praised the group efforts that took place across teams to respond to the avalanche.
ABC News has reached out to the Nepal Tourism Board and Shangri-La Nepal Trek, the guiding company Morrison and Nelson were with, for further information. It had already been a difficult time on Manaslu before Monday for Nelson and Morrison. Late last week they turned around on a summit push when "the mountain said no,"
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