Nepal: search operations for three French climbers interrupted for three to four days – franceinfo

“I carried out an aerial search this morning again, but found nothing. As we were unable to make any progress in the search for the missing climbers, we decided to stop the search operations for three, four days”Ang Norbu Sherpa, president of the National Association of Nepalese Mountain Guides and member of the search and rescue operation, told AFP.

In their twenties, Louis Pachoud, Gabriel Miloche and Thomas Arfi had undertaken the ascent of the west face of Mingbo Eiger (6,070 m above sea level). Members of the National Mountaineering Excellence Group, an elite formation of the French Federation of Alpine and Mountain Clubs, they were part of a team that arrived at the end of September, in the Khumbu and Everest region, with the aim of climbing different peaks at some 5,000 and 6,000 m, south of Ama Dablam (6,814 m). The last telephone contact with them from their bivouac dates back to October 26, according to the Federation.