MOUNT EVEREST .....NOT ON MY BUCKET LIST !!!!!!!!..........

 I simply do not get the whole mount everest deal .....why .....i mean first of all ........cold /dangerous /chance of dying .......now i was  born in scotland ......... and  it was cold  .....not  mount Everest cold......  but  cold .....maybe i am fucked up in the head .........but   the  sunshine  .....everything grows in the sunshine ......the cold is for  pplar  bears /seals/walrus......and of course   salmon .....and shit like that.......i am not sure  why people  like the  cold .....real fucking  cold ....... and i guess......  everest  ...... is   the realest cold you can  get ........there are   approx  1000 people  there  going to climb that mountain .....i am not sure what the  magnetic attraction is.......    and  apparently the  paths are   lined  with  dead   bodies  frozen in the ice ......of jackoffs that did not make it ......i mean ......... you  have to be one   miserable ...... dopey cunt  /hate your wife /unhappily married /have a death wish/or just stupid fucking rich ......i do not  know what it costs  to get there   ....but i could think of  better  places  to waste  money ........i mean...... waste .......  by   partying /hookers /gambling .......and  such like activates   that involves hot babes    .....you have to be all wrapped up to go there   i do not get it  ...it must be a  thing/making snow angels /living in a log cabin/spending winters in a place  where they have to stock pile food and  logs and shit and stuff!!!!! .......those are  fucking weirdos  .....i like driving to WAWA's....... and getting gas ....... and  7-11 to get my lottery tickets.......and  panera's for  drinking  coffee.........i also....... feel bad  for those   dumbass  sherpas .......  hauling  all these dumb bastards  shit ........  they have  to pay  some  uneducated  mongolian ....  or poor ponies or tibetan  .....or who......but hey !!!!!........if  trekking up a frozen mountain .......with the chance of  dying......  frozen there forever  is there .....and on your bucket  list  .....who the fuck am i  to  say   .....well i just did .....oooppppsss!!!!.....all i have to say is good luck .....

More than 350 trekkers escape blizzard-hit Everest, hundreds still stranded

Rescued trekkers reach China’s Qudang township while 200 others still face treacherous Everest conditions awaiting help.

A screen capture from video shows trekkers leaving their campsite, as unusually heavy snow and rainfall pummeled the Himalayas, in the Tibet Region, China, on Sunday [Geshuang Chen/Handout via Reuters]

By Lyndal Rowlands and Reuters

Published On 6 Oct 20256 Oct 2025

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Rescuers have guided more than 350 people to safety after they were stranded by blizzard-like conditions on the Tibetan side of Mount Everest, Chinese state media reported on Sunday.

In total, more than 500 people were caught by surprise when unusually heavy snow and rainfall lashed them on the way in the Tingri region of Tibet, one of the main routes to ascend the world’s tallest mountain.

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Those rescued on Sunday were taken to the small township of Qudang, on the Tibetan side of the peak, CCTV reported.

Some 200 trekkers who remained stranded in treacherous conditions as of Sunday were due to arrive in Qudang in stages under the guidance and assistance of rescuers organised by the local government, CCTV reported.

The CCTV report did not indicate whether local guides and support staff accompanying the trekking parties had been accounted for. It was also unclear if trekkers near the north face of Everest, also in Tibet, had been affected or not.

Heavy snowfall in the valley, which lies at an elevation averaging 4,200 metres (13,800 feet), began on Friday evening and persisted throughout Saturday.

Ticket sales and entry to the entire Everest Scenic Area were suspended from late Saturday, according to notices on the official WeChat accounts of the local Tingri County Tourism Company.

“It was so wet and cold in the mountains, and hypothermia was a real risk,” said Chen Geshuang, who was part of an 18-strong trekking team that made it to Qudang.

“The weather this year is not normal. The guide said he had never encountered such weather in October. And it happened all too suddenly,” Chen told the Reuters news agency.

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In a situation update shared on Sunday, Nepal’s Tourism Board said that search and rescue operations were ongoing after the weather “improved significantly” across Nepal, with “clear skies in Kathmandu and many other parts of Nepal”.

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The update came after heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods across Nepal, killing at least 47 people since Friday.

Thirty-five people died in separate landslides in the eastern Ilam district bordering India. Nine people were reported missing after being swept away by floodwaters, and three others were killed in lightning strikes elsewhere in the country.

The floods and landslides in the mountainous regions come as South Asian countries continue to battle ongoing floods, including in Pakistan, where some four million people have been affected.