Izintaba zase-Indian Himalaya zisendaweni yezokuphepha kwezokuvakasha ngemuva kokuduka kwezivakashi eziyisikhombisa zokukhuphuka izintaba ngesonto eledlule.
Izivakashi ezilahlekile zihlanganisa abaseMelika ababili, abaseBrithani abane, nowase-Australia kanye nesikhulu sezokuxhumana saseNdiya.
Leli qembu belizama ukukala enye yezindawo eziphakeme kakhulu eNdiya, iNanda Devi East, efinyelela ngaphezu kwamamitha angu-24,000 XNUMX, kusho iziphathimandla zendawo.
Ithimba labayisishiyagalombili laliyingxenye yeqembu elikhudlwana labangu-12 abaphuma esigodini saseMassiyari ngoMeyi 13, kodwa baba bane kuphela ababuyela ekhempini ngoMeyi 25. UMunsiyari usesifundeni iPithoragarh esifundeni esisegqumeni i-Uttarakhand, India. I-Uttarakhand, izwe elisenyakatho neNdiya eliwele i-Himalaya, laziwa ngezindawo zalo zokuhambela amaHindu. IRishikesh, isikhungo esikhulu sokufundela i-yoga, yenziwa yaduma ngokuvakasha kukaBeatles ngo-1968.
Abagibeli bezintaba bendawo babike ukuthi kube ne-avalanche emzileni, kepha imininingwane elinganiselwe iyatholakala. Amathimba okusesha, kubandakanya nalawo ahlinzekwa ngemithi, asendleleni. Abantu abayishumi nanye bafa kule nkathi yokuqwala eNtabeni i-Everest, okwenza ukuthi ama-sherpas nabanye bacele ukulinganiselwa okusha kokuthi ngubani ongakhuphuka isiqongo esiphakeme kunazo zonke emhlabeni.