British climber presumed dead is rescued after being spotted by drone in Himalayas

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Man Who Climbed London's Big Ben With Palestinian Flag Comes Down After 16 Hours, Arrested

ABP News

A man who climbed Big Ben's Elizabeth tower in London on Saturday with a Palestinian flag has been arrested by the British police after a 16-hour standoff. The man had scaled the lower sections of the tower at London's Palace of Westminster early Saturday, and refused to come down, despite constant efforts by the police and fire brigade officers to …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Teen Among 3 Found Dead Days After Disappearance In J&K’s Kathua; BJP Calls It ‘Cold-Blooded Murder’

ABP News

The bodies of three missing persons were spotted through drones at a waterfall in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Saturday, officials told PTI. One of them had contacted his family two days ago, informing them that they had lost their way in the forest while returning, officials told news agency PTI. BJP Alleges ‘Cold-Blooded Murder’, …

Bjp Pti

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Magisterial Probe Ordered In Chamoli Avalanche That Killed 8

ABP News

In the latest development regarding the avalanche at Mana village in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, a magisterial inquiry has been ordered to investigate the incident. This marks the culmination of the Mana Village Rescue Operation," said Lt Col Manish Shrivastava, PRO, Dehradun, as per news agency ANI. Confirming the death toll, Chamoli Chief Medical Officer Abhishek Gupta told news agency PTI, …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Dozens found alive after being buried by avalanche in Indian region of Himalayas

ABC

Dozens of people have survived being buried by an avalanche in a remote area of the Himalayas in northern India. "After three days of relentless efforts, the joint rescue op by Indo-Tibetan Border Police, army, National Disaster Response Force, successfully concludes," the ITBP said in a statement. Initially authorities believed 55 workers were on site but revised the number to …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Fifth Body Found at Avalanche-Hit BRO Camp in Uttarakhand

Deccan Chronicle

Dehradun: A missing labourer was found dead on Sunday at the site of the avalanche-hit BRO camp in Mana village of Uttarakhand's Chamoli district as rescuers carried out a search for the three other workers still missing with the help of sniffer dogs, thermal imaging cameras and helicopters.With the recovery of one more body, the death toll in the disaster …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Uttarakhand Avalanche: One more body recovered, death toll goes up to 5

Op India

Body of one more person missing in the avalanche that hit near Mana village in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand on February 28 has been recovered by the Army, an official said on Sunday. The search and rescue operation for the missing workers is ongoing, with multiple forces, including the Army, ITBP, Air Force, NDRF, and SDRF, working collaboratively to …

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Uttarakhand avalanche rescue: Search operation resumes to trace four missing labourers

The Hindu

Two more bodies were recovered on Sunday at the site of the avalanche-hit BRO camp in Mana village of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district as rescuers carried out a search for one worker still missing with the help of sniffer dogs, thermal imaging cameras and helicopters. Speaking to reporters, he said, “The ground penetrating radar system is being sent to the avalanche …

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Uttarakhand avalanche: Four more bodies recovered, death toll at eight as rescue operation ends

New Indian Express

DEHRADUN: Rescue teams in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday recovered all the bodies of workers who went missing after an avalanche struck a BRO camp in Mana village on Friday, raising the death toll to eight. Lt. Col. Manish Shrivastava, PRO in Dehradun, said, "The bodies of all four missing workers were recovered from the snow by 4 PM on …

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Uttarakhand avalanche: Four more bodies recovered, death toll at eight as rescue operation ends

New Indian Express

DEHRADUN: Rescue teams in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday recovered all the bodies of workers who went missing after an avalanche struck a BRO camp in Mana village on Friday, raising the death toll to eight. Lt. Col. Manish Shrivastava, PRO in Dehradun, said, "The bodies of all four missing workers were recovered from the snow by 4 PM on …

Rescue Uttarakhand Rescue Operation Operation Bro Dehradun

3 weeks, 3 days ago

50 rescued, four dead in Uttarakhand avalanche

New Indian Express

As the weather cleared up on Saturday morning, the Army and ITBP personnel resumed operations, District Disaster Management Officer N K Joshi said. Six helicopters, including three of the Army aviation, two of air force and one civil copter hired by the Army were pressed into rescue efforts, Army PRO Lt Col Manish Shrivastava said. Lt Gen Anindya Sengupta, GOC-in …

Gen Sengupta

3 weeks, 3 days ago

Woke up beside dead co-worker, ate snow to survive: Uttarakhand avalanche survivor recalls tragedy

New Indian Express

DEHRADUN: BRO worker Jagbir Singh came to his senses surrounded by an endless expanse of white, next to a dead co-worker, his body stuck inside mounds of snow with a fractured leg and injuries to his head. Singh saw a hotel some distance away and took shelter in it for around 25 harrowing hours, eating snow when thirsty and battling …

Snow Worker Bro

1 month ago

British climber killed in avalanche while scaling frozen waterfall in Norway

The Independent

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1 month ago

British man dies after falling unconscious while descending Malaysia’s Mount Kinabalu

The Independent

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1 month ago

British skier found dead at bottom of cliff in French Alps

The Independent

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1 month ago

How a father and his young son survived after they got lost while hiking in Utah

CNN

CNN — The woman’s call came around 7:20 p.m. last Sunday. “That bag essentially kept them from being harmed in any way.” ‘It didn’t turn out the way we wanted’ Members of Washington County search and rescue team looking for a father and son who went missing during a hike last weekend. The next morning, on a Facebook page of …

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1 month ago

Pictured: British tourist, 27, who died after falling from 'considerable height' while trekking in the Himalayas

Daily Mail

A Durham University graduate has been identified as the British tourist who died after falling off a cliff while trekking in India. Tom Howard, 27, died on Monday after falling from a 'considerable height' in the Himalayas during a 5.5 mile mountain trek with his friend Robert Emerton, 27. It took more than a day for rescuers to bring Mr …

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1 month ago

British tourist dies after fall during Himalayan trek

The Independent

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1 month, 1 week ago

Scottish mountaineering ace who sold his house to Jimmy Savile and helped Clint Eastwood film The Eiger Sanction leaves massive amount to future climbers

Daily Mail

A famous Scottish climber who once sold his Glen Coe cottage to Jimmy Savile has left an estate worth nearly half-a-million to help future mountaineers. Dr Hamish MacInnes, who died aged 90 in 2020, was once described as 'the father of modern mountain rescue' before working as an adviser on Clint Eastwood's film The Eiger Sanction as well as Monty …

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British teenager killed by Russian drone 'minutes into first mission' in Ukraine

The Independent

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

British aid worker has arm and leg amputated after Russian drone attack while he was evacuating civilians on the front line

Daily Mail

A British aid worker is lucky to be alive after losing an arm and a leg following a Russian drone strike in Eastern Ukraine. Colleagues at BASE UA where Mr Scott, known as 'Eddy', has been volunteering, say he is in a stable condition in ICU and remains in good spirits but is lucky to be alive. Ed Scott, from …

Ukraine British Drone Russian Left Icu Scott

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Horror as tourist, 29, plunges 600m to his death at mountain ski resort after 'losing balance while group took photos'

Daily Mail

A 29-year-old man suffered fatal injuries after falling hundreds of metres while at a ski resort in southern Bulgaria. He was found by a mountain rescue service team and taken to a hospital in the nearby town of Razlog in a serious condition with multiple injuries, emergency services said. A 29-year-old Irish man suffered fatal injuries after falling 600ft at …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

British man, 55, is killed in the French Alps after being swept away by 'very large' avalanche

Daily Mail

A British man has been killed after being swept away by a 'very large' avalanche in the French Alps. The 55-year-old died after being hit by an avalanche in an off-piste sector in the Chamonix valley, at the foot of Mont Blanc this afternoon, local police confirmed. A British man has been killed after being swept away by a 'very …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Nepal resumes rescue helicopter flights to Mount Everest

Raw Story

Nepali airlines have resumed rescue helicopter flights to the Everest region, an aviation industry official announced Tuesday, following weeks of suspension prompted by protests from locals citing environmental impact and loss of income from trekkers. On Tuesday, association official Pratap Jung Pandey told AFP that rescue flights were reopened Saturday "on humanitarian grounds". According to the association, the Everest region …

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Items belonging to second British hiker missing in Italy found, rescuers say

CNN

CNN — Items belonging to missing British hiker Aziz Ziriat have been found in the Italian Alps, close to where the body of his hiking partner Samuel Harris was discovered last week, rescue teams said Sunday. More than 100 rescuers took part in Sunday’s operation, using shovels to dig into the snow across an area of around 5,500 square meters …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Search for Brit missing in Dolomites continues after body found in snow

The Independent

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Free Morning Sam Harris Mr Ziriat

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Search for Briton missing in Dolomites continues as friend shares fears

Hindustan Times

A close friend of a British hiker who has been missing in the Dolomites for more than a week said “there is an acceptance that it won’t be good news” as the search to find him continues. Joe Stone, a university friend of Mr Ziriat, told the PA news agency that authorities are “trying everything” to find the 36-year-old who …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Rescued hiker Hadi Nazari joins other bushwalkers who make it out of the vast Australian bush alive

ABC

A wilderness rescue expert involved in the search for missing hiker Hadi Nazari says the search was one of the longest she has ever seen. NSW State Emergency Service bush search and rescue unit deputy commander Caro Ryan said the search was drawn out and her team was emotional when the hiker was found. In November 2019, Phu Tran, Claire …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Australian hiker found alive after two weeks in Snowy Mountains

The Independent

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Body found in search for British hikers missing in Italy’s Dolomite mountains

The Independent

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Hiker found after two weeks lost in remote Australian mountain range

The Independent

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Body of British hiker found in Italian alps as search continues for second missing since Jan. 1

Associated Press

ROME — Rescue crews said Wednesday they have found the body of a missing British hiker buried in the snow of the Italian alps, and were continuing to search for his friend. Italy’s Alpine rescue service said it received an alert about the men on Jan. 6, five days after they set off for a hike in the Adamello range …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Hiker found 2 weeks after he got lost in a remote Australian mountain range

Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Australia — A hiker survived on two muesli bars, foraged berries and creek water for two weeks while lost on a remote Australian mountain range, police said on Wednesday. Hadi Nazari, a 23-year-old medical student from Melbourne, went missing on Dec. 26 when he separated from two hiking companions to take photos in the Kosciuszko National Park in the …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Hiker found in Snowy Mountains

ABC

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Incredible moment young medical student Hadi Nazari who went missing in Kosciuszko National Park 13 days ago is finally found ALIVE

Daily Mail

Helicopter footage shows the moment young hiker who has been missing in Kosciuszko National Park for nearly two weeks was miraculously found alive. A relieved Hadi Nazari is seen speaking with friends shortly after he was found alive and well The Melbourne student 23, has been found alive and well 13 days after he disappeared in NSW 's Kosciuszko National …

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Body found in hunt for two British hikers missing in Italian Alps

CNN

Rome AP — Rescue crews found the body of a British hiker buried in the snow of the Italian Alps and were continuing to search for his friend, who had also been missing since January 1, Italy’s rescue services said Wednesday. Italy’s Alpine rescue service said it only received an alert about the men on January 6, five days after …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Body found in hunt for two British hikers missing in Italian Alps

CNN

Rome AP — Rescue crews found the body of a British hiker buried in the snow of the Italian Alps and were continuing to search for his friend, who had also been missing since January 1, Italy’s rescue services said Wednesday. Italy’s Alpine rescue service said it only received an alert about the men on January 6, five days after …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Tasmanian authorities urge hikers to be better prepared following three helicopter rescues over the weekend

ABC

Authorities have made a plea for bushwalkers in Tasmania to better prepare for treks into the state's unpredictable and remote wilderness, following the busiest rescue weekend of the season so far. On Saturday, search and rescue teams responded to three separate incidents across the state requiring rescue by helicopter: a Tasmanian woman who experienced a medical episode in the Western …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Interstate hikers rescued while trying to descend mountainside on Tasmania's east coast

ABC

Two interstate bushwalkers attempting to navigate the Hazards mountain range on Tasmania's east coast have had to be rescued from a "precarious position", police say. Police said the hikers — both in their 20s — were walking in Freycinet National Park when they attempted "to descend the mountainside and were unable to continue". The rescue on Tasmania's east coast comes …

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3 months ago

Man who had leg amputated during rafting trip on Tasmania's Franklin River meets rescuers

ABC

A man who had his leg amputated after being trapped for over 20 hours in Tasmania's Franklin River while on a rafting adventure has met with the rescue crew who saved his life. Mr Degutis said the man's memory of the "dramatic story" was limited. Man who had leg amputated in Franklin River rescue in critical condition Photo shows An …

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3 months, 1 week ago

The mystery 'UFO' drones over US airbases in Britain that have baffled witnesses: As UFO fever grips America, villagers reveals their very strange sightings in UK

Daily Mail

Villagers 'can't believe what they saw' after yet another sighting of a suspected drone was spotted flying close to an American air base in Britain. Philip Ingram, a former British military intelligence Colonel, said the recent drone sightings in the UK had 'all the hallmarks' of an operation by Russia's secretive GRU. The planet which is the brightest in the …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Map and notepaper among clues to identity of skeletal remains found in Welsh woodland 45 years ago

The Independent

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Human remains found as wreck of plane missing for a year discovered off UK coast

The Independent

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Searches for missing teen Jacob Partridge and lost bushwalker Csaba Varga continue in NSW

ABC

Separate searches for a missing teenager and a hiker are continuing on the New South Wales North Coast. Coffs-Clarence Police Acting Inspector Nick Dixon said the plan was to continue searching for until last light on Monday and review operations on Tuesday. "We are concentrating on a number of possibilities with regards to Jacob and we are concentrating on bringing …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Three climbers missing on New Zealand’s highest peak feared dead

The Independent

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

3 climbers from the US and Canada are believed to have died in a fall on New Zealand’s highest peak

Associated Press

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Three mountain climbers — two from the U.S. and one from Canada — missing for five days on Aoraki, New Zealand’s tallest peak, are believed to have died in a fall, the authorities said Friday. But based on footprints glimpsed in the snow during an aerial survey, and items believed to belong to them retrieved from …

New Zealand Men

3 months, 3 weeks ago

3 climbers, including Californian, believed to have died in a fall on New Zealand’s highest peak

LA Times

New Zealand’s highest peak, Aoraki, center, is also known as Mt. Three mountain climbers — two from the U.S. and one from Canada — missing for five days on Aoraki, New Zealand’s tallest peak, are believed to have died in a fall, the authorities said Friday. But based on footprints glimpsed in the snow during an aerial survey, and items …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Items found in search for three missing climbers on New Zealand’s highest peak

The Independent

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New Zealand Mountain Climbers

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Missing American and Canadian climbers feared to have ‘taken fatal fall’ from New Zealand’s highest peak

The Independent

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Three climbers from the US and Canada are missing on New Zealand’s highest peak

Associated Press

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Three mountain climbers from the U.S. and Canada are missing after they failed to return from a planned ascent of New Zealand’s highest peak, Aoraki, authorities said Tuesday. The Americans — Kurt Blair, 56, from Colorado and Carlos Romero, 50, of California — are certified alpine guides, according to the website of the American Mountain Guides …

New Zealand

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mountain rescuers hit out at influencers who 'promote' climbing in unsafe conditions after daring rescue on Snowdon

Daily Mail

A team of mountain rescuers called to save walkers on Britain's most popular peak have slammed influencers who 'promote' climbing in unsafe conditions. Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team posted a video warning climbers their videos could lead to people taking risks at the knife-edge Crib Goch ridge on Wales's 3,560ft high peak Snowdon. Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team posted a video warning …

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British climber presumed dead is rescued after being spotted by drone in Himalayas

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British climber rescued from Indian Himalayas after being stranded for three days

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