This picture dated 26 May 2003 shows an aerial view of the world's tallest 8,848 metre (29,028 feet) high Mt Everest (L). Nepal is celebrating the Golden Jubilee making the conquest of Mt Everest, where Sir Edmund Hillary along with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay were the first to scale the world's highest mountain, reaching the summit on 29 May 1953. (Photo: KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Video Shows Some of the Last Moments of a Group of Climbers on Mount Everest Before Deadly Avalanche
May 08, 2014
More than a dozen Nepalese guides were killed in the April 17 avalanche on the world’s tallest peak.
A new video published by the New York Times on Thursday reportedly shows a group of Mount Everest climbers less than an hour before they were swallowed up by a deadly avalanche last month.
“Shot by Ang Kaji Sherpa, the footage shows several climbers ascending the Khumba icefall on steep ladders. Ang Kaji explains to a colleague that the group is experiencing some trouble because the route hadn't been created, according to the Times' translation in the video. About 30 minutes after the interaction, the group was hit by a massive wave of snow and ice,” the Huffington Post reports.
More than a dozen Nepalese guides were killed in the April 17 avalanche on the world’s tallest peak.
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