Three mountaineers have gone missing in Nepal, dpa cited the Tourism Ministry as saying on Thursday. Two high-altitude Nepali climbers and an Indian were missing at the height of 7,500 metres on the 8,585-metre Mount Yalang Kang. The ministry said they had gone missing on Tuesday. A search and rescue operation for them was on, according to Dipendra Paudel at the Mountaineering Department of the Tourism Ministry.