About 1,000 climbers were trapped on Mount Everest due to a snowstorm.

About 1,000 people were trapped on the eastern slope of Mount Everest due to a sudden snowstorm. This was announced on October 5 by Thai Sounds.

"A snowstorm that struck over the weekend blocked access to the base camp on the eastern slope of Mount Everest, damaging tents and trapping thousands of people at an altitude of 5,000 meters. Some of them are already suffering from hypothermia and are in critical condition," the publication says.

It is noted that heavy snowfall was recorded in the area of the mountain on Friday, October 3. Due to the rampant elements, the local administration temporarily banned visits to the area around Mount Everest, but about 1,000 people already at the top were trapped.

One of the climbers, who climbed the peak on September 28 and managed to descend before the storm, said that his friends are currently still at the base camp on the mountain. According to him, as a result of the snowfall, a cover more than 1 m thick was formed, as a result of which many tents of tourists were crushed.

The camp where people are trapped is located at an altitude of 4.9 thousand m. However, to descend they need to overcome the pass, located at an altitude of 5 thousand m. At the same time, the snowfall makes this path difficult.

"The Chinese rescue organization Blue Sky Rescue Team estimated that about 1,000 people were trapped in the base camp. Authorities urgently mobilized volunteers to clear the snow at night, using snow plows and tools to clear some roads, and rescued some climbers, but the search and rescue operation is ongoing," the newspaper reports.

It is specified that from Friday to Sunday at least 47 people were killed.

On October 2, the famous 23-year-old climber Balin Miller fell off Mount El Capitan in the USA and died. He was an experienced mountaineer who attracted international attention by making the first solo ascent of the Slovak Straight to Mount McKinley. This is a technically difficult route, which took him 56 hours to complete.

Earlier, on September 26, a Polish climber made the first ever descent from Mount Everest without oxygen. Andrzej Bargel spent 16 hours climbing to the top without an oxygen tank. The weather conditions complicated the ascent to the world's highest peak.

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