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From the Himalayan Times - 28 Sept 2019

According to Bishnu Prasad Mainali, managing director at Campobase Trek and Expedition Pvt Ltd, a team of four climbers from Czech Republic were unable to reach the base camp of Api Himal as the team found the trail fully ignored by the concerned government authorities.

“Last year in the autumn season, a group of eight climbers had also been forced to abandon their climb after multiple landslides hit the trail,” Mainali recounted, adding that four of them who returned to Api Himal this season faced the same pathetic situation in the region.

Mainali said that Mt Api in the far-western region had received a group of climbers this season after drawing a blank for over 18 years. The team led by Pavel Matousek comprises Olga Novakova, Antonin Belik and Vit Auermuller, as members.

“The group was only able to reach near Ghati Bazar which is a six-day trekking from Darchula,” Mainali said, adding that the team decided to abandon their expedition after they were not able to cross the landslide at Ghati Bazar above Dumling on September 25.