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Recovered GoPro video shows final moments of Himalayas climbers
Source: CNN
Recovered GoPro video shows final moments of Himalayas climbers
By Bianca Britton, Dakin Andone and Kay Guerrero, CNN
Updated 2038 GMT (0438 HKT) July 9, 2019
(CNN) — Indian authorities have released footage showing the final moments of the climbers who died in the Indian Himalayas in May.
The video was found on a "memory video device" near the Nanda Devi East, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) said Monday, which showed the group of climbers moving slowly near the summit on the unnamed peak.
The group of eight climbers -- four Britons, two Americans, an Australian and their Indian liaison officer -- went missing when they were attempting to scale a previously unclimbed peak on May 26.
Seven bodies were recovered by rescue teams a month later on June 23. They are believed to have been struck by an avalanche.
Indian authorities previously said the group did not have permission to climb the unnamed peak and that even if they had asked, Pithoragarh District Magistrate Vijay Kumar Jogdande told CNN, authorities "would not have given permission."
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By Bianca Britton, Dakin Andone and Kay Guerrero, CNN
Updated 2038 GMT (0438 HKT) July 9, 2019
(CNN) — Indian authorities have released footage showing the final moments of the climbers who died in the Indian Himalayas in May.
The video was found on a "memory video device" near the Nanda Devi East, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) said Monday, which showed the group of climbers moving slowly near the summit on the unnamed peak.
The group of eight climbers -- four Britons, two Americans, an Australian and their Indian liaison officer -- went missing when they were attempting to scale a previously unclimbed peak on May 26.
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Seven bodies were recovered by rescue teams a month later on June 23. They are believed to have been struck by an avalanche.
Indian authorities previously said the group did not have permission to climb the unnamed peak and that even if they had asked, Pithoragarh District Magistrate Vijay Kumar Jogdande told CNN, authorities "would not have given permission."
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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/09/world/himalayas-climbers-gopro-video-intl/index.html
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