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This article was published April 25, 2015 at 18:13.
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Meeting the number of deaths on Everest, the mountain called the Mecca of climbers swept away by avalanche caused by the earthquake yesterday in Nepal, were recovered 19 dead including Daniel Fredinburg, team manager privacy of Google, and more than 60 injured. Fredinburg of which described “explorer / engineer” shall announce his sister on Instagram.

The first group of survivors of the avalanche caused by the devastating earthquake in Nepal yesterday and engulfed the Everest base camp arrived in the capital Kathmandu. All were transferred to hospitals with fractures to the bones and bruises, but none of them are life threatening. Earlier, another group of 22 serious injuries had been transferred by helicopter in the village of Pheriche, the location of the nearest medical center. But the weather conditions are hampering the recovery of the other climbers with helicopters, confirmed Ang Tshering, the association climbers. At least 17 climbers died because of the avalanche.

Yesterday came some witnesses from the area immediately after the cataclysm. “It’s a huge disaster. I helped in the search and rescue of victims in a vast disaster area. There are many dead, many more seriously injured. Others will die if a helicopter will not come as soon as possible. ” So on Twitter a mountaineer Romanian Alex Gavan, located at the base camp of Everest.

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