British climber rescued from Indian Himalayas after being stranded for three days

A British climber who was missing for 3 days successful the Himalayas confirmed she is “back down and safe” aft being rescued.

Fay Manners, 37, and her person from the US Michelle Dvorak, 31, were trekking up India’s Chaukhamba mountain erstwhile they became unaccounted for connected Thursday.

The brace became stranded for 3 days astatine an altitude of much than 6,000m (19,000ft), according to Indian quality bureau IANS.

They were airlifted down connected Sunday aft an 80-hour hunt conducted by the Indian Air Force, service and section authorities.

Ms Manners shared a connection connected an Instagram communicative which read: “We’re backmost down and safe.”

Speaking to reporters aft her rescue, Ms Manners told The Telegraph the brace had mislaid their instrumentality erstwhile a rockfall crashed into it.

“We were pulling up my container and she had her container connected her,” she said. “And the rockfall came, chopped the enactment with the different bag, and it conscionable went down the full mountain.”

She added: “We sent a connection to our friends and they knew. I unrecorded successful France and that squad is besides coming from France… and truthful they had told [the rescuers], ‘Oh they are stuck connected the mountain, they person nary equipment.’

“So past this different squad [of mountaineers] came to assistance us.”

In a connection connected X, the Indian Air Force said: “The rescue of 2 overseas (US & UK) mountaineers from Chaukhamba III trek successful Uttarakhand’s Chamoli is simply a testament to the resilience and accomplishment of the Indian Air Force, on with the collaborative efforts of SDRF, NIM, and French mountaineers.

“After battling 2 days of atrocious weather, the IAF’s Cheetah chopper airlifted the climbers from 17,400 feet, showcasing singular coordination successful utmost conditions.”

A French climbing enactment played a cardinal relation successful rescuing the duo aft the radical helped them descend to the altitude wherever they were yet airlifted from, according to the force.

Ms Manners, from Bedford, near the UK to determination to the Alps to prosecute her passionateness for climbing and became a nonrecreational alpinist sponsored by brands including The North Face and Petzl.

She precocious charted an escapade crossed the Alps wherever she would ascent and past skis down earlier cycling to different range.

“My ambition is to animate women to prosecute their involvement successful alpinism,” her website reads.

A FCDO spokesperson said: “We person been supporting the household of a British pistillate reported missing successful India who has since been safely rescued.”