{"id":414615,"date":"2013-05-24T14:47:45","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T06:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=414615"},"modified":"2013-05-24T14:47:45","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T06:47:45","slug":"5-climbers-feared-dead-on-worlds-3rd-highest-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/414615\/5-climbers-feared-dead-on-worlds-3rd-highest-peak","title":{"rendered":"5 climbers feared dead on world’s 3rd highest peak"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mount Kanchenjunga. AFP<\/p><\/div>\n
KATMANDU, Nepal\u2014A Nepalese official says five climbers are missing and feared dead on the world’s third highest mountain.<\/p>\n
The five disappeared Monday on Mount Kanchenjunga, and bad weather was preventing a rescue helicopter from reaching the base camp.<\/p>\n
Mountaineering Department official Dipendra Poudel said Friday the climbers were descending from the summit when they were believed to have slipped at 7,900 meters (25,900 feet) altitude.<\/p>\n
Two climbers are Hungarian, two are Nepalese and another is Korean.<\/p>\n
Kanchenjunga is 8,586 meters (28,162 feet) high.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Nepalese official says five climbers are missing and feared dead on the world’s third highest mountain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":414617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,43],"tags":[84943,3077],"byline":[],"source":[206067],"column":[],"editor":[],"videographer":[],"position":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n