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Two foreign women mountaineers, who were stranded at a height of 6,015 metres on way to the Chaukhamba III peak in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, were rescued on Sunday morning, according to the District Disaster Management Centre in Gopeshwar.

The mountaineers, Michelle Theresa Dvorak from the US and Fav Jane Manners from the United Kingdom, had been stranded since October 3.

 

Two IAF helicopters began a search operation to trace them on Friday. 

 

They were joined by mountaineering trained State Disaster Response Force personnel on Saturday to assist in the operations. 

 

The duo was part of a foreign mountaineering expedition organised by the India Mountaineering Foundation.

 

According to the state emergency operation centre in Dehradun, the two were stranded after losing their logistical and technical equipment when they were on way to the Chaukhamba III peak situated at 6,995 metres, a PTI report said.