Two Indian climbers die, one missing on Mount Kanchenjunga in Nepal

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Hundreds of climbers flock each year to Nepal -- home to eight of the world's 14 highest peaks -- creating a lucrative mountain industry for the impoverished country.

Hundreds of climbers flock each year to Nepal — home to eight of the world’s 14 highest peaks — creating a lucrative mountain industry for the impoverished country.

Biplab Baidya, 48, and Kuntal Karar, 46, were on the 8,586 metres mountain on the Nepal-India border with a five-member team from West Bengal. “We believe they suffered from altitude problems. Our guides are trying to bring the bodies down to lower camps,” Keshab Poudel of Peak Promotion told AFP.Poudel said a search had started.

 

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