UK climber rescued after being stranded in Himalayas for three days

The climbers were rescued by Indian Air Force personnel in Uttarakhand, India (Indian Air Force on X via AP)

A British climber has been rescued after being stranded for three days on a mountain in India’s Himalayan north.

Fay Jane Manners from the UK and Michelle Theresa Dvorak from the US were ascending a rocky section of the Chaukhamba-3 peak in India’s Uttarakhand state when they became stranded there, according to officials in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district.