FILE – On this Could 16, 2020 aerial photograph launched by Xinhua Information Company, Chinese language surveyors hike towards a better spot from the bottom camp on Mount Qomolangma at an altitude of 5,200 meters.
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BEIJING — Rescue staff have been serving to lots of of hikers trapped by heavy snow at vacationer campsites on a slope of Mount Everest in Tibet, Chinese language state media mentioned late Sunday.
About 350 hikers had reached a gathering level in Tingri nation and rescuers have been involved with one other 200, state broadcaster CCTV mentioned. There was no rapid replace on rescue efforts on Monday.
The hikers have been trapped at an elevation of greater than 4,900 meters (16,000 ft), in accordance with an earlier report from Jimu Information, a Chinese language on-line website. Mount Everest is about 8,850 meters (29,000 ft) tall.
A hiker who rushed to descend earlier than snow blocked the best way informed Jimu Information that others nonetheless on the mountain informed him the snowfall had crushed tents.
Lots of of rescuers headed up the mountain Sunday to clear paths and produce down trapped individuals, the Jimu report mentioned.
The snowstorm struck throughout a weeklong nationwide vacation in China.
