Policeman's Body On Way Home To Family
Central Coast Herald
Wednesday May 21, 2003
THE body of a Victorian policeman who died on a Himalayan mountain last week is on the way home.
Inspector Paul Carr's body was retrieved from Cho Oyu, an 8200-metre peak on the Nepal-Tibet border, by a Royal Nepalese Army helicopter early yesterday.
Inspector Carr, 42, died of altitude sickness last Wednesday while attempting to climb the world's sixth highest mountain with three companions.
The Chinese Government lifted strict controls of Tibetan airspace to enable the helicopter to reach his companions, who were stranded on the summit.
Australian ambassador to Nepal Keith Gardner said Inspector Carr's body was taken to a flat spot on the side of the mountain where the helicopter could land.
Mr Gardner said Inspector Carr's body would be returned to Australia in the next few days at the request of the family.
Inspector Carr, a father of four, died while on a climb with senior detectives Nick Farr and Jack Carmody and Senior Constable Mick Harvey.
They were raising money for the Make A Wish Foundation children's charity and preparing to climb Mount Everest next year. AAP
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