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Hundreds Of Mount Everest Hikers Trapped By Fierce Snowstorm

Hikers were stranded more than 16,000 feet up Mount Everest after a sudden snowstorm crushed tents, buried camps and sparked a massive high-altitude rescue mission. 2 hours ago Description

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Villagers with their oxen and horses ascend the mountain during rescue efforts to reach hundreds of hikers trapped by heavy snow at tourist campsites on a slope of Mount Everest in Tibet.

( Lingsuiye via AP )

Rescuers helped hundreds of hikers trapped by heavy snow at tourist campsites on a slope of Mount Everest in Tibet, Chinese state media reported.

About 350 hikers had reached a meeting point in Tingri country and rescuers were in contact with another 200, state broadcaster CCTV said late Sunday.

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