Another Indian climber, Anurag Malu from Rajasthan, stays lacking.

New Delhi:

Baljeet Kaur, the 27-year-old Indian lady climber who was rescued on Tuesday after she went lacking close to Camp IV of Mt Annapurna in Nepal, has suffered frostbite, an official mentioned.

“She has suffered from frostbite and is now being rushed to CIWEC Hospital from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu,” Pasang Sherpa, Chairman at Pioneer Adventure, mentioned as quoted by information company PTI.

According to Mr Sherpa, Ms Kaur was rescued from a top of seven,363 metres after a search group pinned her location above Camp IV. Ms Kaur scaled Mt Annapurna, the tenth highest peak in world, with out utilizing supplemental oxygen, Mr Sherpa mentioned.

The search group noticed the lady mountaineer descending alone in direction of Camp IV, he added.

Although radio contact with Ms Kaur was misplaced after she went lacking on Monday, she managed to ship an SOS Tuesday morning, prompting authorities to mobilise a minimum of three helicopters to rescue her. 

Her GPS location indicated an altitude of seven,375 metres (24,193 ft), Mr Sherpa mentioned.

In whole, 5 climbers, together with Ms Kaur, have been rescued from totally different camps round Mt Annapurna. The physique of Noel Hanna, a Northern Irish climber was introduced from Camp IV to Kathmandu.

The different three rescued are Arjun Vajpai from India and Shehroze Kashif and Naila Kiani from Pakistan.

Another Indian climber, Anurag Malu from Rajasthan, stays lacking.

“I’m praying that the daughter of Himachal Pradesh, Baljeet Kaur, will recover soon. She has made India and her state proud on more than one occasion,” mentioned Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur. 

Mt Annapurna, standing at 8,091 metres above sea stage, is the tenth-highest mountain on the earth and is counted among the many most tough peaks to summit together with K2 and Nanga Parbat.