ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – With hundreds of hikers trapped by a heavy snowstorm on the high slopes of the world’s tallest peak over the weekend, the risks of high alpine mountaineering have been put in the spotlight.
Rescue operations were underway Monday for around 200 trekkers left on the slopes of Mount Everest following an unprecedented amount of snowfall over the weekend.
About 350 more had reached a meeting point in Tingri country in Tibet, state broadcaster CCTV said late Sunday, according to the Associated Press. There was no immediate update on rescue efforts on Monday night…