British mountaineer Fay Manners is FOUND safe and well with US climber
by Katherine Lawton · Mail OnlineBritish mountaineer Fay Manners has been found alive and well with an American climber three days after they were stranded on a mountain having lost their equipment.
Ms Manners, 37, and US climber Michelle Dvorak, 31, had been unaccounted for since Thursday when they got into difficulty while trekking up India's Chaukhamba mountain.
The pair sent a panicked message back to base camp to say they were in trouble having lost their climbing equipment, tent and food down a gorge.
The mountaineers have now been found safe after being stranded at 6,015 metres on their climb to the peak in Uttarakhand.
They were evacuated through search efforts by the Indian Air Force (IAF), the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the State Disaster Management Authority.
Speaking in a video after their rescue, Ms Manners said: 'We were pulling up my bag, and she had her bag on her, and the rockfall came and cut the rope with the other bag, and it just went down the entire mountain.'
The pair were believed to have sent their SOS message to mountain rescue from a pager when they were 20,350ft up the mountain.
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The Brit, from Bedford, left the UK to move to the Alps to pursue her passion for climbing and became a professional alpinist, sponsored by brands including The North Face and Petzl.
She has become the first person to complete a number of complex routes up various alpine mountains since she moved.
'My ambition is to inspire women to pursue their interest in alpinism,' her website reads.
Ms Manners is also a data consultant 'by night' according to her Instagram - which has over 15,000 followers.
Her companion, Michelle, is also an experienced climber as well as a teaching assistant at the University of Washington - according to her social media.