Choi Hong-Gun, former president of Corean Alpine Club, grew worried that his trekking companion Jung Jun-Mo didn't return to the Gurja Khani village (2620m), east of the Dhaulagiri range, western Nepal. Both planned to visit the base camp of Korean Gurja Himal (7193m) south face expedition, and yet Choi, due to a headache from altitude, stopped in the village and waited for Jung's return. Early in the morning of the next day, October 12, 2018, he sent to the base camp (3576m) his guide, who delivered a breaking news: all nine individuals in the base camp including five Koreans and four Nepali staff were found to be dead.