8 Climbers Dead on Nepal Mountain, Ninth Missing

At least eight climbers from a South Korean expedition have died on Nepal’s Mount Gurja after their camp was devastated by a violent snowstorm, officials said Saturday. The bodies of eight climbers, four South Koreans and four Nepali guides, were spotted among the wreckage of their camp by a rescue team early Saturday morning, but unstable and icy conditions were hampering the search effort. “We assume the incident happened because of a snowstorm because trees are broken and the tents....

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