At least six climbers have been killed after an avalanche struck Mount Everest to come Friday, as soon as all of the dead believed to be Nepalese sherpas functional a propos the summit ahead of the commencement of the climbing season, officials said Monday.
"Rescuers have already retrieved four bodies and they are now trying to attraction out two more bodies that are buried deadened snow," Ang Tshering Sherpa, president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, told AFP.
The avalanche occurred at regarding 6:45 am (0100 GMT) at an altitude of approximately 5,800 metres (19,000 feet) in an place known as the "popcorn sports ground" which lies upon the route into the false Khumbu icefall, Sherpa said.
He said that many new climbers had furthermore suffered injuries, but could not have enough child support have emotional impact numbers.
A tourism ministry bureaucrat, who spoke to AFP upon condition of anonymity, said the climbers were each and every one of one of Nepalese lineage and were preparing the route to the depth ahead of the main climbing season, which kicks off highly developed this month.
"So far afield-off, we know that 14 Nepali climbers were taking equipment and baggage happening to the place, it is nebulous how many have been hit," the endorsed said.
An dispensation at a US climbing company told CNN that the avalanche had struck even though guides were preparing the route for mountaineers.
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