Several veteran climbers and well-respected Western climbing companies have moved their expeditions to the northern side of the mountain in Tibet in recent years, saying rising temperatures and inexperienced climbers have made the
icefall more vulnerable.
This year, the "
icefall doctors" -- as the Sherpa are called -- say that they've constructed a safe passageway.
Mollie said: "As soon as you step out of base camp, you're at the
Icefall. There are huge blocks of ice the size of houses.
On Mount Everest, we get to follow Sherpas as they rope a route through the notorious Khumbu
Icefall, while two nine-year-old boys from the Amazon rainforest face a terrifying and painful rite-of-passage, and conservationists battle to save condors in America's Grand Canyon.
Every year, in time for the climbing season, eight Sherpas have to rope a route through the lethal maze of the treacherous Khumbu
Icefall on the mountain.
Icefall adds to the 'Rebel Angels' series titles and pairs fantasy with a fine story as it presents another world of the Sithe, a beautiful people who live a mortal life in the blink of an eye.
Damaged ladders in an area of the mountain known as the Khumbu
icefall would be repaired within the next few days, according to the chief of Nepal's tourism department, Tulsi Gautam.
Survivors reached over Internet messaging services, however, described a scene of terror as the snow and ice roared through the nearby Khumbu
Icefall and into base camp.
The avalanche struck between the Khumbu
Icefall, a notoriously treacherous rugged area of collapsed ice and snow, and the base camp where most climbing expeditions are, said Ang Tshering of the Nepal Mountaineering Association.
Everest still looks huge and so much higher," and "The
icefall. Look carefully at this sea of ice which descends down from Everest.