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A search was underway for three Nepali climbers who fell into a crevasse while ascending Everest on Wednesday, the first such accident on the world’s highest mountain this climbing season.
The trio was crossing the treacherous Khumbu Icefall while carrying supplies to Camp 1, a waystation on the route to the mountain’s 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) peak.
“We are still getting details, but we know that they were hit by a mass of snow this morning and are missing in a crevasse,” Bigyan Koirala of Nepal’s tourism department told AFP.
“Teams at the base camp are working together for search…
