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Anurag Maloo Survived 72 Hours Trapped In Annapurna Crevasse

Anurag Maloo Survived 72 Hours Trapped In Annapurna Crevasse
72 Hours In A Crevasse, CPR For 4 Hours, And He Lived To Tell The Tale · NDTV

Anurag Maloo was climbing Annapurna in Nepal when his rope broke during the descent.

He fell into a deep crack in the mountain called a crevasse.

He was very high up, where it was extremely cold.

He had no food, water or cellphone.

Maloo stayed there for about three days and was found on the fourth day.

The rescuers thought they were carrying away a dead person.

Then they saw his chest move and realized he was alive.

Doctors performed CPR for four hours and five minutes, and he eventually opened his eyes.

Maloo now says both India and Nepal feel like home to him.

Key facts

Mountaineer
Anurag Maloo
Mountain
Annapurna, described as the world’s 10th-highest mountain
Accident date
17 April 2023
Rescue timing
Help arrived on the fourth day
Altitude
Approximately 6,000 meters above sea level
Temperature
Minus 30 to minus 40 degrees Celsius
CPR duration
Four hours and five minutes

Quotes

Anurag Maloo

Indian mountaineer who survived a fall into an Annapurna crevasse

“I was rappelling down when the rope vanished. It was broken,”
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Rescuers

People who arrived to recover Maloo after he had been presumed dead

“He is alive”
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Sources

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