Hundreds Trapped On Mount Everest Amid Heavy Snow

Beijing (AP) – Savior, on a slope of Mount Everest, helped hundreds of hikers stuck with severe snow in tourism camps. TibetChina said the state media.

State publisher CCTV said it reached a meeting point in the country of about 350 wicks in the country of Tingri on Sunday, and that the rescuers came into contact with 200.

There was no update immediately for rescue efforts on Monday.

According to a previous report of a Chinese online site Jimu News, hikers were trapped at a height of more than 4,900 meters (16,000 feet).

Mount Everest Approximately 8,850 meters (29,000 feet) tall.

A hikers running to get off before blocking snow told Jimu News that the others on the mountain are still 1 meter (3 feet) depth and crushed the tents.

According to the Jimu report, hundreds of savior set out on Sunday, so that the trap can go down.

A video taken by a peasant brought a long human line with horses and an oxen on a snow.

Snow Storm One Weekly national holiday When many of them travel in China, at home and abroad.

In a statement on Monday, CCTV died in another mountainous region in Western China, a hikers died of hypothermia and altitude, and 137 people were released in the northern part of Qinghai province.

According to an CCTV online report, the search in an area with an average height of 4,000 meters (13,100 feet) in the Menyuan district is complex with its land, unpredictable air and continuous snowfall.

Mount Everest, known as the Qomolangma Mountain in China, crossed the boundary between China and Nepal, where Last heavy rains More than 40 people died.

Climbers scape The highest peak in the world, one of the main camps in both countries. For climbers, the main camp is separate from the tourism camp where hikers are stuck by snowfall.

A Strong earthquake In January, he killed at least 126 people in the same region.

The Chinese side of Everest is in Tibet, a remote western region, where the government is harshly cracked on the opposition and poured into funds for economic development, including roads and tourism.

. Dalai LamaTibetan Buddhism’s spiritual leader escaped during an unsuccessful uprising in 1959 and lives in India, where some Tibetan people have established a government in exile.