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A high-altitude rescue operation by Heli Ambulance Nepal in the Himalayas. A rescue worker in a red flight suit, suspended by a hoist, lowers an injured trekker in a orange basket stretcher to the ground. A local Nepali guide in a blue jacket stabilizes the stretcher. A Western trekker with a large backpack and poles watches nearby. Snow-capped mountains, rugged terrain, and prayer flags fill the background.
Most trekkers in Nepal never need a helicopter. A few do. The day it happens usually starts the same way: a headache that will not shift, a cough that has changed, an ankle that will not take weight, and a village hours from the nearest road. Nepal’s trails cross some of the most remote country...
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