Current Events > Rescue efforts under way after 1,000 people trapped on Mount Everest slopes

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Rescue efforts are under way in the remote Tibetan slopes of Mount Everest where a snowstorm has trapped nearly 1,000 people in campsites on the eastern side of the mountain, according to Chinese state media.

Hundreds of local villagers and rescue teams have been deployed to clear out snow blocking access to the area which sits at an altitude of more than 4,900 metres (16,000 feet).

Heavy snowfall began on Friday evening and has intensified on the eastern slopes of Mount Everest in Tibet, which is an area popular with climbers and hikers.

Tibet's Blue Sky Rescue team had received a call for help saying that tents had collapsed due to heavy snow, and that some hikers were already suffering from hypothermia, Chinese state media reported.

I had no idea that many people were chilling on Everest.

they have to acclimate themselves for the conditions to climb everest.

Note that these people aren't trying to summit, since it's generally more dangerous to do it during this time of the year. These are tourists who were hiking around the area of the North Base Camp.

Note that these people aren't trying to summit, since it's generally more dangerous to do it during this time of the year. These are tourists who were hiking around the area of the North Base Camp.