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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.
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.
Caught in Everest’s Furry Hundreds of trekkers were recently caught in a rogue storm on the eastern flank of mighty Mount Everest in Tibet. One hiker has died,
Hikers and adventurers got more than they bargained for, as massive storms have trapped hundreds at 16,000 feet on Mount Everest.
Green Boots is one of the famous markings that is used by climbers as a marking during their path to the top. As per the name, it is a pair of bright green boots underneath a caved area on the mountain, but those boots are being worn by a man who has been stuck on Everest for nearly twenty years.