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About 900 people – including hikers and guides — were trapped in campsites on the remote Tibetan slopes of Mount Everest amid a blizzard from this past weekend

By Oct. 7, the trekkers made it out safely, state media reported

Some members of the group reportedly showed indications of hypothermia

Hundreds of previously stranded hikers on Mount Everest have been led to safety by rescuers after a blizzard trapped them in campsites on the Tibetan slopes.

Mountain guides were caught off guard when heavy snowfall and rain hit the Tibetan valley that leads towards Mount Everest's eastern face on Friday, Oct. 3. About 900 people, among them hikers, guides, yak herders and other workers were trapped in campsites amid the severe snowstorm — which came during China's eight-day G

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