ULAANBAATAR (GoGo Mongolia) - A total of 27 people climbed to the Otgontenger mountain, located in Otgon soum of Zavkhan aimag on Oct 21 and only 10 of them were climbed down successfully while remaining 17 people went missing, reports National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
A rescue operation is being carried out with the help of NEMA staffs and professional mountaineers. The rescuers set up a base camp at a height of 2775 meters.
Currently, 14 people found dead in the snow slide. Now the rescue groups are searching for the remaining three missing people.
In 2015, Ministry of Environment and Tourism banned mountaineering to the Otgontenger mountain. However, those people decided to climb despite the warning of the local ranger.
The 10 people who climb down first says: "The missing mountaineers reached the peak at 2:30 p.m and descended from the mountain after 30 minutes. Half an hour later, a snowslide occurred."
National Agency for Meteorology and Environment Monitoring stated that warm temperatures might have caused the snowslide.
ULAANBAATAR (GoGo Mongolia) - A total of 27 people climbed to the Otgontenger mountain, located in Otgon soum of Zavkhan aimag on Oct 21 and only 10 of them were climbed down successfully while remaining 17 people went missing, reports National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
A rescue operation is being carried out with the help of NEMA staffs and professional mountaineers. The rescuers set up a base camp at a height of 2775 meters.
Currently, 14 people found dead in the snow slide. Now the rescue groups are searching for the remaining three missing people.
In 2015, Ministry of Environment and Tourism banned mountaineering to the Otgontenger mountain. However, those people decided to climb despite the warning of the local ranger.
The 10 people who climb down first says: "The missing mountaineers reached the peak at 2:30 p.m and descended from the mountain after 30 minutes. Half an hour later, a snowslide occurred."
National Agency for Meteorology and Environment Monitoring stated that warm temperatures might have caused the snowslide.