Climbers Not Deterred by Deaths
Trudging on despite disaster, at least eight teams clambered up the icy face of Mt. Everest on Thursday, past the frozen corpses of mountaineers who succumbed to a sudden blizzard days earlier.
An Indian expedition that lost three climbers in the storm expected to reach the summit of the world’s highest peak today from the northern face, the Chinese side of the mountain that straddles the border with Nepal.
Expeditions from Norway, Britain and Japan also were pushing ahead on the northern side, said Capt. M.S. Kohli, a mountaineering expert with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
On the Nepalese side, groups from the United States, Britain, Norway and South Africa were making an attempt.
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