Himlung Himal Fact

Two counts of the dead, two counts of the missing

Guides and kitchen staff are named by one tally; police give a smaller missing number and no jobs.

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The Nepal National Mountain Guide Association said two climbing guides were found dead and 14 kitchen staff remain missing after an avalanche struck Himlung Himal Base Camp in Manang on Sunday. Police, as quoted by News18, put the same Sunday avalanche at two killed and 10 still missing. [E2][E3]

The occupation split is the guides association's: two climbing guides dead, fourteen kitchen staff unaccounted for. Police named no jobs. The two counts of the dead agree; the missing do not.

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E1 ↩ bbc.co.uk Rescuers have recovered two bodies from the site of an avalanche that struck a climing group camping in the Nepalese part of the Himalayas. 2026-09-28T04:50:00Z

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Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwjdvml9e897o
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E2 ↩ thehimalayantimes.com Two climbing guides have been found dead while 14 kitchen staff members remain missing after an avalanche struck Himlung Himal Base Camp in Manang on Sunday, according to the Nepal National Mountain Guide Association (NNMGA). 2026-09-28T04:50:00Z

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Excerpt: "Two climbing guides have been found dead while 14 kitchen staff members remain missing after an avalanche struck Himlung Himal Base Camp in Manang on Sunday, according to the Nepal National Mountain Guide Association (NNMGA)."
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Source: https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/two-guides-dead-14-still-missing-after-himlung-base-camp-avalanche
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E3 ↩ news18.com Two people have been killed, and 10 others are still missing after an avalanche hit the Himlung Himal peak in Nepal’s Manang district on Sunday, police said. 2026-09-28T04:50:00Z

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Excerpt: "Two people have been killed, and 10 others are still missing after an avalanche hit the Himlung Himal peak in Nepal’s Manang district on Sunday, police said."
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Source: https://www.news18.com/world/nepal-avalanche-2-killed-10-missing-after-himlung-himal-base-camp-hit-ws-klt-10356268.html
Retrieved: 2026-09-28T04:50:00Z
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