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muriel_volestrangler

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12. Mount Everest rescue: all hikers now safe after days stranded in powerful blizzard

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Wed Oct 8, 2025, 07:44 AM

13 hrs ago

Rescuers guided all of the remaining trekkers near the east face of Everest in Tibet to safety, including hundreds of local guides and yak herders, authorities said, ending one of the largest search-and-rescue operations in the region.
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A total of 580 trekkers along with more than 300 guides, yak herders and other support staff were evacuated, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday evening.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/08/mount-everest-rescue-all-hikers-now-safe-after-days-stranded-in-powerful-blizzard

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Rescue efforts under way after 1,000 people trapped on Mount Everest slopes [View all] riversedge Sunday OP

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

they should have to pay for their rescues Skittles Sunday #4

Are you a Chinese taxpayer? muriel_volestrangler 13 hrs ago #11

it's downhill all the way Tetrachloride Sunday #2

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

It was meant to be a fun day out! Aussie105 Sunday #5

It seems really early for snowstorms, doesn't it? FakeNoose Sunday #6

very few of those 1000 are real climbers pimpbot Sunday #7

Yeah, shouldn't count if you didn't carry your own shit. Captain Zero Monday #9

Photos of the climbers look like the Klondike GenThePerservering Monday #8

I have no sympathy. Javaman Monday #10

Mount Everest rescue: all hikers now safe after days stranded in powerful blizzard muriel_volestrangler 13 hrs ago #12

May is climbing season for Everest proper... I think one side is.. samnsara 12 hrs ago #13