PraashantNews
The Indian army on Sunday rescued two foreign women mountaineers, who were went missing near Chaukhamba peak-III in Uttarakhand.
An army helicopter, which was sent in the morning, located the two foreigners — Michele Theresa (US) and Favgane Manners (UK) near the peak and managed to airlift them. The chopper later brought the two trekkers to Jyotirmath where they were greeted by senior army officials.
After getting information from the Chamoli district administration, a specialized high altitude rescue team of SDRF had also launched a ground rescue operation on Saturday and established a base camp also.
The two women lost trek when they were trying climb Chaukhamba-III peak in Chamoli district on Thursday.
After coming to Jyotirmath, the women trekkers were taken to a hospital for medical checkup.