Gangtok,October23: The parents and relatives of the two mountaineers from Maharastra killed in the avalanche on Mount Thinchenkhang in West Sikkim on October 19, and other rescued mountaineers,met with the civil administration and TAAS representatives and other concerned organisations at Yuksam today and left for their homes in evening.
The three rescued mountaineers from the expedition of 5 ,also returned with them to their respective homes.
Sources further informed that although the dead bodies of the two mountaineers have been spotted,inclement weather and unstable snow have rendered evacuation impossible thus far. A special team of the local climbers are camped at the site and wil be extracting the dead bodies in a few days time.The avalanche struck when the duo mountaineers were returning from a successfil summit on Mount Thinchenkhang.
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