An avalanche killed at least 12 cobra guides on Everest

An avalanche on Everest has caused the death of at least 12 Nepalese mountain guides in the worst accident in the Himalayas in eight years, as reported by the Ministry of Tourism of Nepal. Furthermore, it is possible that the number of deaths increased. Currently, there are at least five missing awaiting the Government confirm with the tour operators in shipments total mountaineers who were in the area.

According to the media commented Dipendra Paudel, head of the Department of mountaineering tourism in Nepal avalanche took place at a relatively low part of the mountain at 07.00 (01.15 GMT or 03.15 Spanish time GMT) local time this Friday. Specifically, about 6,200 meters between the base camp and one half. Authorities sent helicopters to rescue personnel and land area.

Opposite the ministry version, a spokesman for the rescue teams, Lakpa Norbu Sherpa, told the local media Ekantipur that the death toll is 14 and that 13 of the bodies have already been recovered, while ” no one will be moved until tomorrow due to bad weather. “

The group has been surprised by the landslide consisted of about fifty people. Most were sherpas, but also had joined them a few foreign climbers to acclimatize to the altitude, as usual. Each climber usually climb a guide to help in the promotion. The Sherpas are usually at the forefront to prepare the way, fix ropes and install the camps.

The Ministry of Tourism of Nepal has granted permission to climb Everest this season to 334 foreign climbers, up from 328 the previous season. The spring climbing season officially began in March, although the former did not begin until April mountaineers to climb the mountain. It usually lasts until May, when starting the rains and fog, making it virtually impossible to top.

Since the ascension was crowned by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953, Everest has been climbed by more than 4,000 people. The route on which there has been an avalanche is followed by the two pioneers and is one of the most widely used today. In total, nearly 250 people have died on Everest.

In September 2012, in one of the deadliest avalanche in recent years, an avalanche in the Manaslu mountain in the Nepalese Himalaya, caused the death of 11 climbers, including eight French and Spanish. In November 1995, on Mount Everest, died in an avalanche 26 mountaineers, of which 12 were Japanese climbers and other Nepalese sherpas.

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