US EditionNearly 1K Trekkers Trapped on Blizzard-Struck Mount Everest
Rescue teams and local villagers have saved 350 trekkers so far with over 200 still stranded amid heavy snowfall and hypothermia risks on Everest’s Tibetan slopes.
- Early-Season snowfalls have stranded hikers in two mountainous areas in western China, including several hundred at the base of Mount Everest, and forced the closing of trails in a third area.
- In Nepal, a South Korean climber died after getting caught in a storm while ascending a Himalayan peak near Everest.
- One person died in Qinghai province, and more than 200 others were evacuated after hiking into a remote area.
- Searchers were looking for remaining hikers in the Qilian Mountains, where one person died of hypothermia and altitude sickness, and 213 others had been evacuated since Sunday.
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Remaining stranded hikers rescued near Everest
Nearly 1,000 hikers and support personnel have returned to safety after heavy snowfall stranded them over the weekend on the Tibetan Plateau near Mount Everest, Chinese state media reported.Tourism in the vast, high-altitude area in China's western edge has increased in recent years, and outdoor enthusiasts flocked to its famous trekking spots for this year's...
All hikers trapped last weekend by heavy snowfalls at the foot of Mount Everest, on the Tibetan side, were rescued.
Blizzard traps nearly 1,000 hikers on slopes of Mount Everest.
Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — Blizzard traps nearly 1,000 hikers on slopes of Mount Everest. (The Creative Commons photo above is by Göran Höglund.) Update: Mount Ever…
British father who climbed Mount Everest in late daughter's memory survives deadly blizzard
A British father who was climbing Mount Everest in memory of his late daughter has survived the blizzard which left hundreds of others stranded. Rob Mason, from Jersey, described himself as "so, so lucky" to have escaped the unexpected storm which hit the mountain over the weekend.Mr Mason had been trekking near Everest base camp when the weather "got pretty hairy, pretty quick". His journey was raising money for a charity which was set up in me…
All hikers trapped last weekend by heavy snowfall at the foot of Mount Everest Tibetan side (west of China) were rescued, reported the new China agency Wednesday morning.
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