KATHMANDU, April 28: Rescued Taiwanese trekker has celebrated his birthday at Grande Hospital in the capital on Friday.
According to trekking officials, a 21-year-old Taiwanese man called Liang Sheng Yueh, had gone missing on a mountain in Nepal 47 days ago.
He was rescued along with his 19-year-old girlfriend Liu Chen Chun on Wednesday in a chopper but his girlfriend passed away three days before they were discovered.
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According to the trekking agencies the couple were caught in a snowstorm and lost their way while they were trekking Ganesh Himal trail in March.
They slipped over a waterfall at an altitude of 2,600 meters and got stuck there. They survived on salt and water after their food ran out after two weeks.
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