A British climber disappeared on a 23,000-foot mountain in the Himalayas with her American friend after their equipment and food fell down a ravine.
Fears for the safety of Brit Fay Manners, 37, and Michelle Dvorak, 31, have been unaccounted for since Thursday while they were ascending India’s Chaukhamba Mountain.
The couple sent a panicked message to base camp to say they were in trouble more than 48 hours ago after losing their climbing equipment, tent and food in a gorge, according to local officials.
A search immediately sent helicopters to search for the two women in the snowy region of northern India.
However, according to the sunhad to be interrupted due to the harsh weather conditions that occurred at high altitude.
British climber Fay Manners, 37, has gone missing in the Himalayas after her climbing equipment and food fell down a ravine.
The Bedford native who now lives in the Alps was joined by American Michelle Dvorak, 31, on her latest climb. Michelle (pictured) is also missing.
The couple sent a distress message from the middle of the Chaukhamba mountain in the Indian Himalayas on Thursday.
The rescue operation leader said a group is ready to trace the experienced climbers’ steps to Chaukhamba on Sunday morning in the hope of finding the pair.
The Indian Army and Air Force are among several regional and national bodies joining in the rescue effort.
“We hope to evacuate these two women as soon as possible,” said the head of the rescue operation.
Fay and Michelle are believed to have sent their emergency message to Mountain Rescue from a pager when they were 20,350 feet up the mountain and have not been heard from since.
The British woman, from Bedford, left the United Kingdom to move to the Alps in pursuit of her passion for climbing and became a professional mountaineer, sponsored by brands such as The North Face and Petzl.
He has become the first person to complete a series of complex routes across multiple alpine mountains since moving.
Chaukhamba is located in the Indian Himalayas, near the northern border with China. They reportedly got permission to climb the mountain on September 15 and left New Delhi.
Fay is also a data consultant “by night,” according to her Instagram, which has more than 15,000 followers.
Her partner Michelle is also an experienced climber and assistant professor at the University of Washington, according to her social media.
Both had permission from the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF) before beginning their climb, as required to scale mountains as treacherous as Chaukhamba.
A Foreign Office spokesperson said it was “supporting the family of a British woman missing in India”, adding that it was in contact with Indian authorities.
MailOnline has contacted the IMF for comment.