At least 22 climbers, including a Google executive, have died and 217 others were missing
Mountain rescue: The injured persons are loaded onto a helicopter at Everest Base Camp on Sunday. (Photo: AFP)
Kathmandu: At least 22 climbers, including a Google executive, have died and 217 others were missing near the base camp of Mount Everest where hundreds of climbers are stranded after an avalanche triggered by Nepal’s massive earthquake swept down the world’s highest peak.
More than 60 climbers were injured and many foreign adventurers, hikers and guides at the base camp were feared missing when the avalanche swept down the Everest and buried under snow a section of the mountaineering camp yesterday.
While 17 people were killed at the base camp, five more casualties were reported today from areas below the base camp, home ministry officials said. “Tents have been blown away,” Gelu Sherpa, who was at the camp when disaster struck, said, adding, “There is a lot of confusion on the mountain and the toll will rise.”
Thirty-two people have been rescued from the region till now. Google executive Dan Fredinburg was killed in the avalanche that buried parts of the base camp where hundreds of mountaineers were gathered for the start of the climbing season. He was with several colleagues who survived the tragedy, Lawrence You, director of privacy at Google, said in a blog post.
( Source : agencies )
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