Rescue efforts under way after 1,000 people trapped on Mount Everest slopes

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Source: bbc


5 hours ago Laura BickerChina correspondent

Rescue efforts are under way in the remote Tibetan slopes of Mount Everest where a snowstorm has trapped nearly 1,000 people in campsites on the eastern side of the mountain, according to Chinese state media.

Hundreds of local villagers and rescue teams have been deployed to clear out snow blocking access to the area which sits at an altitude of more than 4,900 metres (16,000 feet).

According to local media about 350 people have been rescued and guided to safety to the small township of Qudang town, the Reuters news agency said.

Heavy snowfall began on Friday evening and has intensified on the eastern slopes of Mount ............

"The weather this year is not normal. The guide said he had ever encountered such weather in October. And it happened all too suddenly.".............................



Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4ykkgxqwko

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Hoping they will all make it to safety.



Watch: Video captures hikers wading through snow near Mount Everest


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Hundreds of trekkers stranded by a blizzard near the eastern face of Mount Everest in Tibet were guided to safety by rescuers, as unusually heavy snow and rainfall pummeled the Himalayas https://reut.rs/4pTvibU

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[rampartd]

1. i suppose we have to pay for the helicopters and such for these intrepid advenrurers?

and i'll bet the sherpas are last off the mountain?

[Skittles]

4. they should have to pay for their rescues

seriously

[Tetrachloride]

2. it's downhill all the way

[Silent Type]

3. Hiking up Everest in single file with several thousand people just doesn't seem inspiring.

[Aussie105]

5. It was meant to be a fun day out!

Not realizing the 'fun' could kill you, or lead to a very expensive evacuation.

We have Australians who go to Bali to discover that.

[FakeNoose]

6. It seems really early for snowstorms, doesn't it?

Most mountain climbers (who are healthy and in good condition) can survive for 24 hours, but after that it gets dicy.

[pimpbot]

7. very few of those 1000 are real climbers

Most are just rich people paying for the opportunity to say they climbed everest.

They have guides carry all their crap and follow a path layed out for them.

[Captain Zero]

9. Yeah, shouldn't count if you didn't carry your own shit.

[GenThePerservering]

8. Photos of the climbers look like the Klondike

Way too over-touristed.

[Javaman]

10. I have no sympathy.

Everest is a "bucket list" item for rich and wannabe climbers now.

there is so much garbage left behind, it's disgusting.

there are now long lines if people trying to reach the summit, leaving trash in their wake.

Sherpa's now literally carry people up the slopes.

they signed up for this, this is part of the party.