{"id":6477,"date":"2024-08-04T16:44:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T10:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=6477"},"modified":"2024-08-04T16:44:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T10:59:38","slug":"five-die-along-annapurna-circuit-trek-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/five-die-along-annapurna-circuit-trek-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Five die along Annapurna Circuit Trek last year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Manang, Aug 4: Five people lost their lives on the Annapurna Trekking route last fiscal year. The Annapurna Circuit Trek, known for its stunning beauty, is also one of the world&#8217;s most hazardous treks, ranking as the 10th most risky globally.<\/p>\n<p>The deceased are one US citizen, one Indian national, one Briton, and two Nepali.<br \/>\nAccording to Dhak Bahadur Bhujel, chief of the Annapurna Area Conservation Project (ACAP) unit, the majority of the fatalities here so far are attributed to high-altitude sickness.<\/p>\n<p>The 69-year-old US citizen died after falling off a cliff at Khotro of Naso rural municipality-3 in Manang while the 35-year-old tourist from India succumbed to high-altitude sickness at Todanda of Manang Ngisyang rural municipality-9. The Briton was found dead in a hotel room in Meta, Narpabhumi rural municipality-2.<\/p>\n<p>Hari Adhikari, 35, from Phulkharka in Ganga Jamuna rural municipality, a porter, died from altitude sickness near the Chulubes Camp in Manang Ngisyang-6.<\/p>\n<p>Dadhiram Dangi, 49, from Ghorahi Sub-Metropolis-9 in Dang, passed away near the Tiliho Basecamp. An autopsy report of Dangi is awaited.<\/p>\n<p>Binod Gurung, Chair of the Tourism Entrepreneurs Association of Manang, stressed the need to know the weather conditions in Manang before embarking on the trek. Weather in Manang demands a gradual adaptation process and neglecting this may significantly increase the risk of high-altitude sickness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manang, Aug 4: Five people lost their lives on the Annapurna Trekking route last fiscal year. The Annapurna Circuit Trek, known for its stunning beauty, is also one of the world&#8217;s most hazardous treks, ranking as the 10th most risky globally. The deceased are one US citizen, one Indian national, one Briton, and two Nepali. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-main-news","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6477"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6477"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6479,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6477\/revisions\/6479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}