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Climber Dies in Avalanche, Hundreds Stranded

Who: Sergey Samoilov, of Kazakh
Where: Mt. Qomolangma (aka Everest)
His mistake: They were climbing in extreme snow conditions
What happened: A mountaineer died while descending from Camp 4 to Camp 2. The man turned around because of severe snow conditions. The massive snowfall helped trigger an avalanche that swept the trail the man was hiking on. He died in the avalanche.

More than a hundred mountaineers were stuck at base camp and camps on the mountain. They are forced to ride out the storm until it is safe to travel. There have been six deaths this season on the mountain.

Read the story here.

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