NEPAL-HIMALAYAS-WEATHER-ACCIDENT-MOUNTAINEERING-FILES

NEPAL-HIMALAYAS-WEATHER-ACCIDENT-MOUNTAINEERING-FILES

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(FILES) In this handout photograph released by the Nepal Army on October 17, 2014, a survivor injured in a snowstorm is carried on a stretcher by Nepal Army personnel to an army helicopter in the Manang district along the Annapurna Circuit Trek. A snowstorm that killed dozens of people in Nepal is a “wake-up call” for the trekking industry and tourists alike, experts say, with some heading to the world’s highest mountains unprepared for conditions that can easily turn deadly. AFP PHOTO/NEPAL ARMY/FILES —-EDITORS NOTE—- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT – “AFP PHOTO/NEPAL ARMY/FILES” – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS—-