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Strba and Pal climbing the hard way in alpine-style on the SW Face of Everest. They were planning to push up to 7800m for their first biv, but had to stop at 7200m due to knee-deep snow conditions on the route and at that point started an avalanche. During night Pal started losing vision. They decided to wait for the morning to descend, then started snowing continuously causing very dangerous situation as they could not move up or down. They asked BC for help if heli-rescue could be done. Communication between them and BC took long time as the satphone and normal phone at BC connection was poor. They were informed that heli-rescue was not possible; rather BC sent a rescue team of four Sherpas from Seven Summit Treks. Meanwhile, Strba and Pal managed to leave the site at 4 am and they met the rescue team coming up at 6700m with ropes, sleeping bags, etc.; they did a good service. Around 9 am heli manage to lift them from C2 to hospital in Kathmandu.


From https://karakorumclimb.wordpress.com

KATHMANDU: After more than 16 hours of struggle above 7000 metres on the Mt Everest, four Sherpas on Tuesday successfully rescued two foreign climbers who were trapped in an avalanche that struck the steep icy route on the world's highest peak.

Four Sherpas – Mingma Gabu, Lakpa Thinduk, Ngima Dorchi and Ngima Wangdi – have conducted a rare rescue above the Camp II on the Mt Everest saving lives of Slovakian climbers Vladimir Strba and Zoltan Pal, according to climbers and officials.

The climbers were trapped in an avalanche that hit the south-west face of Mt Everest at 7200 metres on early Tuesday morning.

The Sherpas employed by Kathmandu-based Seven Summit Treks struggled throughout the day yesterday to bring the trapped climbers back to the Camp II from where they were airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment this morning.

Both climbers who were trapped in the icy slope had struggled for their lives hanging on a safety screw and carabiners for several hours.

"We had fixed the ropes (nearly 700 metres long) along the risky slope before bringing the climbers back to the safer place," the rescuers who put their lives at risk to save the climbers reacted.