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Mount Everest's Dangerous Weather Puts Hikers And Basecamp Trekkers In Danger, Not Just Mountaineers
While most know that climbing to the peak of Mount Everest is dangerous, the weather is now putting hikers in the mountain's lower sections at risk.
Hikers and adventurers got more than they bargained for, as massive storms have trapped hundreds at 16,000 feet on Mount Everest.
Nepal and China decided to suspend climbing permits for the spring. China and Nepal are not giving permits to climbers hoping to summit Mount Everest this season. The reports that climbers won't be able to make attempts from either the northern, Chinese ...
A large-scale rescue operation for hundreds of trapped climbers near Mount Everest has been successfully executed, according to Chinese media. Almost 1,000 hikers and their guides have been rescued.
Nearly 1,000 climbers were trapped on Mt. Everest by a blizzard ... and, while several hundred are safely down, a majority are still stuck up there.