UPDATE 4-Hundreds of trekkers escape from blizzard

(Adds comments from trekker who survived blizzard in paragraphs 12-18) * Hundreds of trekkers stranded by sudden blizzard * Tourists trekking in Tibet valley leading to Everest's east face * Sudden bad weather also hits Nepal, triggering landslides By Ryan Woo BEIJING, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Hundreds of trekkers stranded by a blizzard near the eastern face of Mount Everest in Tibet have been guided to safety by rescuers, Chinese state media reported on Sunday, as unusually heavy snow and rainfall pummelled the Himalayas. As of Sunday, 350 trekkers had reached the small township of Qudang, while contact with the remaining 200-plus trekkers had been made, CCTV reported. Visitors to the remote valley of Karma, which leads to the eastern Kangshung face of Everest, were in the hundreds this week, ta