A 10 foot ‘HELP’ rescued trekkers on Himalayan range
Gorkha, April 30: Trekkers in Nepal's Gorkha valley, who were stuck after the deadly 7.8 Richter hit the country, were rescued by a 10 feet ‘HELP' they spelled out on the ground.
31-year-old Julia Strelcoua narrates her and her fellow trekker's plight when help did not arrive. She was part of a dozen Slovakian trekkers' group who were enjoying the stunning view of the valley.
While they were themselves uninjured, they horror of coming across devastated villages and stench of dead bodies left the heart wounded. Strelcoua said," Rocks and rubble tumbled down, it was the most horrifying experience. We walked around looking for help and we found villages completely destroyed, dead people laying around."
The group stalled their plans to trek down for fear of aftershocks.
"Four
days
we
were
just
stuck.
No
signal,
no
communication," said
Strelcoua.
"We
didn't
know
if
anybody
would
find
us.
What
if
we
were
stuck
there
for
weeks
or
months?
It
was
so
scary.
I
can't
begin
to
tell
you
how
I
feel
right
now,"
she
said
after
being
rescued.
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