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<\/a>In the midst of the summit success reports from the eight-thousander Annapurna I, news of an avalanche accident broke. Above Camp 2 (5,600 meters), a \u201chuge avalanche\u201d broke loose, as Chhang Dawa Sherpa, expedition leader of the operator Seven Summit Treks, reported on Instagram<\/a>. \u201cWe suffered a terrible disaster. While ferrying oxygen cylinders for the summit push, two of our Climbing Sherpas, Ngima Tashi and Rima Rinje, were swept away.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Although five Sherpas started searching immediately after the accident, there is still no trace of the missing persons. Even after several hours of searching by helicopter, the two Sherpas could not be located. \u201cI am not losing hope. We\u2019ll do our best to locate and rescue our men,\u201d says Chhang Dawa. Nevertheless, the chances of finding Ngima Tashi Sherpa and Rima Rinje Sherpa alive are getting smaller by the minute.<\/p>\n Under the impression of the avalanche accident, Mingma Gyalje Sherpa, head of the operator Imagine Nepal, renewed his announcement that this expedition to Annapurna I would be his last. He had never experienced such difficult conditions on this mountain as this year, Mingma wrote on Instagram<\/a>: \u201cDry conditions, more crevasses, hanging seracs made it more difficult. This mountain is just too risky. Annapurna\u2019s beauty always attracted me but I can\u2018t risk my life here anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n On Sunday, a four-person team \u2013 with three members from Imagine Nepal and one from Seven Summit Treks \u2013 achieved the first summit success of this year\u2019s spring season on an eight-thousander<\/a>. Today, Monday, around 30 other climbers ascended the route secured with fixed ropes to the highest point at 8,091 meters.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nSearch unsuccessful so far<\/h2>\n
<\/a>More crevasses and hanging seracs<\/h2>\n
Around 30 more ascents<\/h2>\n