Ace Indian mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu’s lifeless body found in the Andes that he had hoped to conquer. A bag with Babu’s belongings was also recovered from the site. A Bhagvad Gita, an Indian flag and a prayer bead were found at the spot. The
Helicopters involved in the search and rescue operation (Photo: Facebook)
Mastan Babu had scaled seven summits of the world in 172 days in 2006 (Photo: Facebook)
Pictures of equipment that were used for Mastan Babu's rescue operation (Photo: Facebook)
Mastan was once asked on a radio interview why he preferred to go on solo expeditions, he had said: “because it would be difficult for others to match my pace” (Photo: Facebook)
Around 90 per cent of Malli Mastan Babu’s expeditions have been solo. When Mr Babu was not going solo, it meant that he was leading a group of people. He himself had admitted that scaling the Himalayas had been tough. He was even injured during the
Mastan did not return to the base camp on March 25. His friends and fellow climbers tried establishing contact with him, but his GPS device too could not be tracked (Photo: Facebook)
The search and rescue team who carried out the search for the missing ace mountaineer (Photo: Facebook)
Mastan Babu began his expedition on March 24. He was attempting to climb the mountain range along the Argentina-Chile border from the base camp of Cerro Tres Cruces. (Photo: Facebook)
Ace Indian mountaineer and a role model for climbers all over the world Malli Mastan Babu, who went missing since March 24 while on a climb in the Andes Mountains in Argentina, has been found dead. (Photo: Facebook)
This is Babu’s last alive picture after which he went missing. Rescue operations were relentless since March 24, the day he went missing in the Argentinian side of the mountains. (Photo: DC)