An official with Nepal’s mountaineering department says the bodies of eight people have been recovered on Mount Everest after the massive earthquake triggered an avalanche. Gyanendra Shretha says an unknown number of people remain missing.
The avalanche apparently struck between the Khumbu Icefall, a rugged area of collapsed ice and snow, and the base camp where most climbing expeditions are, said Ang Tshering of the Nepal Mountaineering Association.
Romanian climber Alex Gavan said on Twitter that there had been a “huge avalanche” and “many, many” people were up on the mountain.
“Running for life from my tent,” Gavan said. “Everest base camp huge earthquake then huge avalanche.”
Another climber, Daniel Mazur, said Everest base camp had been “severely damaged” and his team was trapped.
“Please pray for everyone,” he said on his Twitter page.
Tshering said details were unclear because communication between the base camp and the rest of the Everest region was intermittent.
Nepal’s Home Ministry said that the 30 people who were injured were at the base camp.
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