
Rescue operation for stranded Everest trekkers already important, consultants warn: ‘In 24 hours you could die’
The 200 trekkers stranded on Mount Everest are already liable to dying, mountaineers have warned The Post.
Officials are racing to rescue these caught on Everest after a freak blizzard hit the mountain’s Eastern face in Tibet, in keeping with Chinese media stories.
But fears have grown as no official updates have been issued Tuesday from Chinese authorities heading the operation, whereas sherpas and rescue crews make their means by way of deep snow and the danger of hypothermia and frostbite for these trapped will increase.
“You had about 1,000 people that were trekking and camping and hiking in the foothills,” Alan Arnett, summiting coach and Everest chronicler, informed The Post. “They weren’t ready for it and so much…
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