Climbers at the Mount Everest base camp – and others trapped higher on its slopes – were locked in a desperate effort to treat injured colleagues caught in a devastating avalanche that swept through the encampment after being triggered by Saturday’s powerful earthquake.
With at least 13 people believed to have been killed on Everest, and others injured, climbers in the camp sent frantic messages calling for helicopter assistance to evacuate the most badly wounded.
Although official figures listed eight deaths, that figure seemed likely to rise......
At least 300 foreign climbers and hundreds more Sherpas had been on the mountain, or close to it, when the disaster struck.....
The scale of the disaster across Nepaland reports of poor visibility and snow at base camp suggested that there was little chance of immediate helicopter assistance.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/25/deadly-everest-avalanche-triggered-by-nepal-earthquake
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