3 Sherpa Climbers Missing After Falling on Mount Everest

3 Sherpa Climbers Missing After Falling on Mount Everest
The summit of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world at 8,848 meters, in Nepal's Himalayas range on March 7, 2023. Sebastien Berger/AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
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KATHMANDU, Nepal—Three Sherpa climbers were missing Wednesday after they fell into a deep crevasse on a treacherous section of Mount Everest just above the base camp, a Nepalese mountaineering official said.

They fell into the crevasse, thought to be about 50 meters (160 feet) deep, on Wednesday morning as they were moving toward the first camp on the world’s highest mountain, said Yubraj Khatiwada of Nepal’s Department of Mountaineering.