00:00Chinese authorities said all of the remaining 200 trekkers
00:05near the east side of Mount Everest in Tibet have been guided to safety
00:09after being stranded in the isolated Karma Valley for several days.
00:13This put an end to one of the largest search and rescue operations in the region.
00:18Last Sunday, rescuers guided about 350 hikers back to the Chudang township,
00:24while the rest of 200 were also taken out of the valley on Tuesday.
00:29The hikers were stranded in deep snow over the weekend in the valley,
00:36at an average altitude of 4,200 meters,
00:40after an unusually massive blizzard battered the Himalayas.
00:44The snowfall disrupted the plans of the hikers who took advantage
00:47of the eight-day-long National Day and mid-autumn festival holiday in China.
00:53They are all newcomers and basically they don't have the exact experience of what it's like to be,
01:00what's the weather condition is harsh, and how you're going to prepare, you know, those kind of, they don't have that kind of experience.
01:07So, probably, this would be the first reason that a lot of people have been stranded in that summer.
01:12The snowstorm also thwarted the plans of a group of climbers going to the Chudang township.
01:17The snowstorm also thwarted the plans of a group of climbers going to the Chouou summit near China's border with Nepal.
01:24Authorities said the Everest region remains temporarily closed to the public.
01:31Authorities said the Everest region remains temporarily closed to the public,
01:36including the Karmah and Rongshar valleys,
01:39as well as the Karmah and Rongshar valleys,
01:42as well as the Karmah and Rongshar valleys.
01:45The snowstorm also thwarted the plans of a group of climbers going to the Chouou summit near China's border with Nepal.
01:49They said at least one died on the Chilean mountains bordering Qinghai and Gansu provinces due to hypothermia and acute mountain sickness.
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