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Another avalanche at Everest

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Date: 26/04/2015

 Everest - Following a tremor, another avalanche hit the Everest base camp. The evacuation of base camp and camps one and two, at altitudes 6000 and 6500 respectively, is in progress. The injured were taken by helicopter to Periche, a stop on the trek from Lukla to Everest. Due to the bad weather, it was not possible to take them to Lukla for the time being, as it is now snowing again.

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AnOTHER VALANCE AT EVEREST

  • Helicopter evacuation in progress base camp 1 and 2.
  • 19 bodies recovered so far.
  • 100 people still on the mountain


Everest- Following a tremor another avalanche has hit the Everest base camp. The evacuation of base camp and camps one and two, at altitudes 6000 and 6500 respectively, is underway. The injured were taken by helicopter to Periche, a stop on the trek from Lukla to Everest. Due to the bad weather, it has not been possible to take them to Lukla for the time being, as it has now started snowing again.


Maurizio Folini, one of the most experienced high-altitude helicopter pilots, is leaving Italy at this time, and will be in Lukla tomorrow. He will be in constant contact with the Pyramid and the EvK2CNR association to coordinate the recoveries. There are in fact more than a hundred people on the mountain in camps one and two. The Icefall route from camp one to the base is not viable. At this time, helicopter recoveries were underway but the weather is getting worse.


EvK2CNR's Dorje Sherpa was present at base camp until just now: "Yesterday's big avalanche was caused by a huge serac that fell between Lingtreen and Pumori. The huge block of ice fell for 800 metres, also causing boulders and rock fall. Most of the tents at base camp are destroyed. In Sherpa's memory there has never been an event like this at base camp, there have been several ice collapses over the years but never one this big. Normally 'small' pieces fall, the energy of the earthquake broke the ice arm that was holding the large serac to the glacier on the saddle below the Lingtreen".


Dorje Sherpa is now returning to the Pyramid. EvK2CNR manager in Kathmandu Hari Shrestha lets us know that the airport is open and many tourists are waiting to leave. Many flights are arriving for rescue from Pakistan, and from India they are sending teams with search dogs.

The search dogs are also on their way.
WEBCAM live on PERICHE: http://www.evk2cnr.org/cms/it/ricerca/