New Delhi/London: A search is underway for seven climbers that is four Britons, two Americans and an Australian and their Indian liaison officer, who went missing a week ago during an expedition to the Nanda Devi peak in Uttarakhand on Sunday citing local authorities.

The group was attempting to scale Nanda Devi East, one of the highest and most difficult to climb peaks in India at just over 24,000 feet tall, Uttarakhand District Magistrate, Vijay Kumar Jogdande. The missing eight were part of a larger team of 12, who set off from the village of Munsiyari on May 13.