Antonis Sykaris: New operation to retrieve the body of the top climber from the Himalayas

A new operation is expected in the next few hours at the place where the climber breathed his last Antonis Sykarisaccording to a relevant announcement on social media.

According to the post, “the 5 Sherpas mission abandoned the effort, without being able to reach the place where Antonis’s body is. The 5 climbers reached Camp II in Dhaulagiri, where it was decided that due to the excessive amount of accumulated snow their mission should be stopped. An attempt to approach the point is expected to start again within the next 48 hours “.

“The mission of 5 Sherpas abandoned the effort, without being able to reach the place where Antonis’s body is. The 5 climbers reached Camp II in Dhaulagiri, where it was decided that due to the excessive amount of accumulated snow their mission should be stopped. An attempt to approach the point is expected to start again within the next 48 hours “, it is mentioned in the relevant post on Facebook.

THE body of Antonis Sykaris he has been in the Himalayas for about a month now, with his family’s hopes of her repatriation slowly fading.

The retrieval operation has turned into a thriller as the groups of climbers that have been formed are unable to reach the point, at 7,400 meters.

Efforts to retrieve the body began on April 12, the day the tragic end of the top Greek climber in the Himalayas became known. To date, however, no mission has been able to reach the site of Mount Daulagiri where his body is located.

At the same time, time counts down as the weather window ends in a few hours and it will be even more difficult for climbers to reach the spot. A fact that intensifies the anxiety of the people close to the Greek climber for the repatriation of his body.

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