3 Russian mountaineers missing in Kyrgyzstan's Tian-Shan Mountains

5 Aug, 2007 10:16 / Updated 17 years ago

Three Russian amateur mountaineers are missing on a complicated route in the Tian-Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan. A rescue party has been dispatched to search for them.

The group of three, consisting of two men and one woman, missed a deadline to return from the climb on August 2. There is no means of communicating with the missing mountaineers.