Malaysian stuck at 7,500 m on Annapurna-1 rescued after 3 days
POKHARA, April 26 -- Wui Kin Chin, a Malaysian climber, who was stuck on Mt Annapurna 1 for the last three days, has finally been rescued on Thursday.
Chin, who successfully climbed Mt Everest last year, was stuck at an altitude of 7,500 meters. He got stuck on the mountain while descending after a successful climb to the Annapurna-1 summit.
Chin reached the top of the 8,100-meter (26,500-foot) mountain on Tuesday but failed to return to the nearest camp, one kilometre below the peak, with the rest of his group.
He has been brought to 6,500 meters, according to Thaneshwar Guragain, manager of the expedition organizer Seven Summits Trek Pvt Ltd.
"A rescue team was dropped at 6,500 m and took nearly 90 minutes to reach Camp 4 as wind is...
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