Everest Basecamp Avalanche Video

Avalanches on the Khumbu icefall above [tag-tec]Mount Everest[/tag-tec] BC (Nepal side) are more or less common, but few are as powerful as the one in this video… Even smaller ones sweep ladders and fixed ropes away. If you google Everest BC avalanches, you’ll find a few videos – this is probably the longest and most exhibitive of all. On most of these videos, the avalanches originate from the left side of the Khumbu glacier and as far as I know, the route up the glacier avoids this side…

Still, it’s scary as hell. I witnessed an avalanche…

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