9 years ago
Climbers trapped on Mount Everest ‘are getting desperate’
Helicopter teams began evacuating critically injured climbers at Mount Everest’s base camp on Sunday morning, but the effort came to an abrupt halt when a significant new aftershock triggered more avalanches and fears of additional casualties at the world’s highest peak. Dozens of climbers remain trapped on the side of the mountain at two camps that sit above where the avalanche fell, climbers said in tweets and posts on social media.
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