Dad reveals the unforgettable words of his 14-year-old son before the boy walks off the 120-foot mountain shelf
The world’s tallest mountain was hit by an unexpected storm.
Nearly 1,000 hikers were stuck on Mount Everest when a massive snowstormed Tibet’s eastern slopes over the weekend, according to Chinese state media.
Since then, around 350 people have been able to safely reach the Tibetan town of Kudan, but rescuers have said hundreds of hikers remain on the slope “gradually reaching Rendezvous Point.”
Apart from spring, autumn is the season when climbers scale Mount Everest, which is usually 29,032 feet above sea level. Hikers traditionally arrive at the summit through one of two routes: North Kol in Tibet or South Col in Nepal.
“After about a third of the trekking, it started raining and the rain continued to get heavy,” Chen Geshuan, who was climbing the Tibetan side, told NBC News. “Later, it turned into a sleet and eventually a full-on blizzard.”
