The bodies of seven climbers, including several Britons, who went missing on India’s second highest mountain have been recovered.
Eight people – four Britons, two Americans, one Indian and one Australian – vanished on Nanda Devi East in the Himalayas just under a month ago.
Britons Martin Moran, the expedition leader, John McLaren, Rupert Whewell and Richard Payne were in the missing group.
It is not yet known whose remains have been recovered.
Four missing British climbers huddled for a photograph to capture the start of their 25,000ft ascent up the Himalayan mountains - on which they would vanish days later. Pictured: Rupert Whewell (back row, second from left), Martin Moran (back row, sixth from left), Richard Payne (back row, fourth from right) and John McLaren (back row, third from right). Seven bodies have been recovered from the mountain, Indian authorities have said
Aerial photos of the area on the Nanda Devi mountain, the second highest in India, that mountaineers were reportedly heading towards. Equipment and backpacks were seen submerged in the snow
The climbers last communicated on May 26, a day before heavy snow and massive avalanches hit the mountain.
The team was attempting to reach the top of an unclimbed 6477metre peak in a remote area when they disappeared.
The bodies were found by the Indo-Tibetan Border, at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres. They
