Story highlights Survivor says his partner died three days before help arrived
Taiwanese couple had been missing since early March
(CNN) Two Taiwanese hikers have been found after going missing in Nepal for almost seven weeks, but one had died three days before help arrived.
Survivor Liang Sheng-yue was found conscious and with the remains of his partner, Liu Chen-chun, just before midday Wednesday and airlifted out of a ravine near the Narchet River in the Himalayas, according to rescuer Madhav Basnet.
Basnet, an official at Kathmandu-based Asian Trekking Agency and one of the three rescuers who found the couple, told CNN that Liang and Liu were hiking around the remote Ganesh Himal route in Dhading district, west of the Nepali capital Kathmandu.
Survivor Liang Sheng-yue was found conscious and with the remains of his partner, Liu Chen-chun, just before midday Wednesday and airlifted out of a ravine near the Narchet River in the Himalayas.
On March 9, the couple headed toward Langtang in Rasuwa district, but did not turn back when confronted with a snowstorm. They were not using a guide or porter, Basnet said.
After losing their bearings they fell 100 meters off a cliff into a ravine, where they took shelter in a small cave.
punkinheadmartin on April 27th, 2017 at 12:03 UTC »
Starving to death in the himalayas sounds like a bad way to go. I can't imagine the fear they must have felt.
lannister77 on April 27th, 2017 at 11:08 UTC »
How awful that his girlfriend survived so long, only to die three days before the rescue team arrived.
bloopeeriod on April 27th, 2017 at 09:21 UTC »
After losing their bearings they fell 100 meters off a cliff into a ravine, where they took shelter in a small cave. Liang was "extremely tired" when he was found and had maggots between his toes, and lice in his hair. Liang lost 30 kg (66 lbs) Nevertheless he was "very happy" and slept well at the hospital.
Damn....that they survived at all is nuts.