Police in Nepal's Annapurna range find body of missing Japanese trekker
Police searchers have found the body of a Japanese male missing since blizzards and avalanches struck the Annapurna range of mountains in northeastern Nepal last month, an official said.
Police searchers have found the body of a Japanese male missing since blizzards and avalanches struck the Annapurna range of mountains in northeastern Nepal last month, an official said.
The body was found near Lake Tilicho in Manang district, about 150km northeast of Kathmandu.
Police retrieved a passport from the personal possessions and identified the person as a 33-year old Japanese male, Devendra Lamichhane, chief government administrator of the district, said.
The trekker was reported missing since October 14 when he left Tilicho Base Camp Hotel, the only hotel in the area, for the scenic high-altitude lake.
Authorities had conducted aerial search around the lake, but to no avail. The body was half-buried in snow and searchers were unable to pull it out.
The blizzards and avalanches, caused by Cyclone Hudhud in neighbouring India, caused 43 confirmed deaths until October 20 when search operations, the largest in Nepal's history, were called off.
The worst trekking disaster in Nepal killed individuals from Canada, India, Israel, Japan, Poland and Slovakia as well as Nepalese guides. A Japanese male and female were among the fatalities.
The disaster struck during Nepal's trekking season when tens of thousands of tourists trek a route circling Mt Annapurna.
