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Around 900 hikers, guides and other employees who were stuck with a weekend snow storm Sugar Edge Mount Everest State media said late Tuesday night, reaching security.
On Saturday night, a serious storm hit the region, where the access was cut down, where the hikers were living in tents at an altitude of more than 4,900 meters (16,000 ft).
In total, 580 hikers and more than 300 guides, yak herds and other workers were stranded. The state media, citing the local government, said that around 350 hikers were able to land by noon on Monday and the rest had come by Tuesday.
Some hikes allegedly had hypothermia, and officers Xinhua news agency A dozen of them attended a meeting point by teams with food, medicine, heating and oxygen supply.
The sightseeing in Mount Everest has been temporarily closed. The storm occurred during a one -week national holiday ending on Wednesday.
In neighboring NepalA South Korean 6,476-meter (21,250-foot) Honorable died in a weekend storm near the summit of a 6,476-meter (21,250-foot), south of the Himalayan Everest.