Overview
- Rescuers located the bodies of Dhrubajyoti (Dhruva) Guha and his guide Fursemba Sherpa at Camp 3 after the pair stopped communicating on Saturday night, officials said Sunday.
- A large avalanche struck the tent at Camp 3 and buried the two climbers under roughly seven feet of fresh snow, according to the expedition organiser that sent a Sherpa team to dig them out.
- Guha and his guide had climbed from Camp 2 toward a higher camp despite deteriorating weather while six other climbers from the same company turned back and remained safe.
- Recovery operations have been paused because heavy snow and continued avalanche danger make it unsafe to move the bodies to base camp for an expected flight to Kathmandu.
- The deaths raise Manaslu’s autumn season toll to four and add to an unusually high number of Himalayan fatalities in 2026, a situation that is increasing pressure on rescue teams and prompting renewed scrutiny of climbing safety and crowding on the route.