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Highlands-based Martin Moran had been leading the group on the ascent of an unclimbed and unnamed 21,250ft (6,477m) summit in the Nanda Devi region in May. They were reported missing after an avalanche in the area. The bodies of the other members of the group were recovered last month. British Mountain Guides (BMG) said the body of Tyneside-born Mr Moran, one of its members, was still unaccounted for. The rest of the group were John McLaren, Rupert Whewell and University of York lecturer Richard Payne from the UK; US nationals Anthony Sudekum and Ronald Beimel; Australian Ruth McCance; and Indian guide Chetan Pandey. They had began the ascent on 13 May. Contact was lost on 26 May, a day before an avalanche hit the 7,816m-high mountain. The clip shows four Britons, two Americans, an Austral
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