Rescue team on stand-by as Himalayan radio silence puts nerves on edge

A rescue helicopter is on standby at the foot of Burma’s Himalayan glaciers, after a climbing team lost contact with base camp and has not been heard from for a week.

The expedition is the first all-Burmese mission to successfully scale the summit of Hkakabo Razi, the highest mountain in Southeast Asia, standing at over 19,000 feet.

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Rescue for 2 missing climbers begins in Myanmar

Tay Za leads rescue mission for missing mountaineers

An image posted on U Tay Za's Facebook page of climbers on 4,294-metre Mount Phonyinrazi, in the Himalayas north of Putao, in March 2013. The lead climber is carrying the national flag adopted in 1974 during the Socialist period. It was replaced by the current national flag on October 21, 2010. Photo: U Tay Za/Facebook

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