Disaster on Mount Everest: After a snowstorm, around 1000 people were trapped

Yesterday, hundreds of individuals were victims of an intense snowfall, while they were at the heights of the eastern slope of the monte Everest.

The officials in charge of the place had banned admission since the previous day, but the people who were already above suffered the tragedy. Now, rescuers try to save them.

The event robustizes a extensive list of accidents registered in the mountain higher in the world and in the area where it is located.

Danger at Everest: Late alert and desperate bailouts

Nearly 1000 personas They were stranded after being trapped by a snowstorm in the part of the Tibet of the monte Everestas reported by different Chinese media.

After a strong snowfall on Friday, October 3, official web accounts of the tourism company of the Tiningi County, China, reported that ticket sale and access to the scenic area, the protected and tourist area surrounding Everest were canceled.

However, more than 900 people who were already in the mountain suffered the consequences of the terrible climatic phenomenon that unleashed on Saturday, and Then they were isolated at approximately 5000 meters high.

After a snowstorm, around 1000 people were trapped in Everest. Photo: File/AFP

According to transcended information, some climbers have suffered symptoms of hypothermiaat the same time that several tents collapsed.

A witness said: «Many campaign stores have been destroyed, the camp has more than a meter of snow and All steps that come down from the mountain are blocked«.

The authorities and residents of the place launched a Desperate Rescue Mission To save the trapped, as well as to remove the abundant snow quantity and clean the roads that have been blocked.

The state media of China reported that some tourists were already gone from the mountain, but that efforts continue to free the rest.

A tragic area

He Everestwith its almost 9000 meters high and with temperatures that sometimes exceed –50 degreesIt can be a deadly destination.

The mountain presents the climbers an intense challenge marked by the extreme cold, the dangerously low oxygen levels and the inhospitable conditions. Therefore, it is where many of them succumb to the hard effects of hypoxia, freezing and exhaustion, among others.

Because of this, throughout history, many people have died in this place and, until 2024, according to The Independentit was estimated that they lie there 300 bodies.

300 bodies lie on Mount Everest. Photo: File/X.

The difficulty in recovering the bodies is that these, frozen, can weigh up to 140 kiloswhich is dangerous for lifeguards. To this is added the high cost of each rescue task, which is estimated in 80,000 dollarsaccording to the specialized portal Outside.

But dangerous natural conditions are not an exclusivity of Everest, but of the entire region where this is.

Along with what happened last Saturday with the 1000 people who were at the heights of the Tibetan part of the mountain, they recorded 51 deaths in the neighboring country of Nepal, where heavy rains caused earth lands and sudden floods. Of these, 37 were in Ilam, 8 of Maiijogmai, 3 of Mangsebung, 2 Deumai and 1 of Khapkhukpung, according to a statement from Nepal News.

Also, days ago, on the Nama Peak mountain, located in the province of Sichuan, China, A 31 -year -old mountaineer He released from the security harness to take a selfiebut slipped and fell into the void since 200 meters, What caused death.

When the accident happened, this man was being filmed For other climbers, so the video, which shows how the mountaineer slides down the snow, went viral on social networks.