Several Sherpa climbers fell into a deep crevasse while hiking a treacherous section of Mount Everest and are now missing. The crevasse is estimated to be about 160 feet deep.
Wednesday after they fell into a deep crevasse on a treacherous section of Mount Everest just above the base camp, a Nepalese mountaineering official said.
They fell into the crevasse, thought to be about 160 feet deep, on Wednesday morning as they were moving toward the first camp on the world’s highest mountain, said Yubraj Khatiwada of Nepal's Department of Mountaineering.Mount Everest is seen on April 25, 2021. Three Sherpa climbers went missing Wednesday after falling into a Mount Everest crevasse estimated to be 160 feet deep.
The area is the Khumbu Icefall, a constantly shifting glacier with deep crevasses and huge overhanging ice that can be as big as 10-story buildings. It is considered one of the most difficult and tricky sections of the climb to the peak. In 2014, a chunk of the glacier sheared away from the mountain, setting off an avalanche of ice that killed 16 Sherpa guides as they carried clients’ equipment up the mountain. It was one of the deadliest disasters in
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