Mount Everest route will be closed for the first time in 27 years.
Deadly Everest avalanche triggered by Nepal earthquake which took life of 7802 fo far.Climbers at the Mount Everest base camp – and others trapped higher on its slopes – were locked in a desperate effort to treat injured colleagues caught in a devastating avalanche that swept through the encampment after being triggered by Saturday’s powerful earthquake.Nepal was also hit Sunday by a series of aftershocks, triggering more avalanches in the mountains above base camp. None of those avalanches, though, were believed to have caused further injuries.
