ITBP expedition team finds body in U'khand, brings back

The body of an unidentified climber has been found by an ITBP mountaineering expedition team while they were on their way back after the successful scaling of 7,135 m-high Mount Mukut (East) in Uttarakhand recently.
"Force mountaineers retrieved a body from an altitude of 5,300 meters near camp II of Mt Mukut expedition. The body was found in a sleeping bag en route. It seems that the body is of a mountaineer or high altitude porter who may have been a part of an expedition team heading to summit the peak couple of years ago," an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force spokesperson said here.

He said a wallet with a photograph was recovered from near the body which may help in the identification and probably a final closure for the affected family.
"The body with all its belongings was handed over to the Uttarakhand Police. Carrying a body in harsh climatic and geographical conditions is always challenging but the ITBP mountaineers did it successfully," the spokesperson said.
The 25-member team of the mountain warfare-trained border guarding force made the summit on June 5 after it was flagged off for the task last month from here.
Mt Mukut East is located in the Mana valley in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district.

The force, which has a deployment along the hilly and icy Sino-India border, has made a record over 200 successful mountain expeditions on various Indian peaks as also the world's highest Mount Everest.