Not Everest, but 4 Japanese climbers were killed by an avalanche on Mt. McKinley (Denali) on Saturday. This one line in the article definitely freaked me out:
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As the crew of five inched down the tallest peak in North America early Thursday morning, a wave of snow 80 stories tall crashed over them, snapping the rope that kept the group connected and burying four of the climbers, said John Leonard, Denali National Park’s chief mountaineering ranger.
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An 80 storey tall avalanche? 80 freaking storeys? That is just insane. That's a wall of snow that is 22 floors taller than the Bow building.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/n...0,379391.story