"The evacuation of the last 200 or so hikers from the isolated Karma Valley on Tuesday came after about 350 trekkers were guided to safety on Sunday, marking one of the largest ever search-and-rescue operations in the region. list of 4 itemsend of list China's official Xinhua news agency said that a total of 580 hikers and more than 300 local mountain guides and yak herders had arrived safely in Qudeng township and nearby areas of Dingri county in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China."
"Rescue teams carrying food, medicine, oxygen supplies and materials to provide warmth had guided the almost 900 stranded trekkers and guides out of Karma Valley, which lies at an average altitude of 4,200 metres (13,800 feet) at the base of Mount Everest, after a powerful blizzard dumped heavy snowfall in the region on Friday and Saturday. Xinhua said all the trekkers had reached safety and local government officials were now organising the return to their homes in an orderly manner."
"The Reuters news agency said that outdoor enthusiasts had flocked to China's rugged interior since an eight-day holiday began on October 1. Chinese social media users have been scathing of the mass stranding on the mountain, many taking to WeChat and Douyin the Chinese TikTok to criticise what they see as a frivolous pastime by the wealthy in a potentially dangerous area."
Heavy snowfall from a powerful blizzard began on Friday and Saturday, stranding hundreds of hikers, local guides and yak herders on the east face of Mount Everest in Tibet. Rescue teams carrying food, medicine, oxygen and warming materials guided almost 900 trekkers and guides out of isolated Karma Valley, which lies at about 4,200 metres altitude. The evacuation included about 350 trekkers on Sunday and the final roughly 200 on Tuesday, constituting one of the largest search-and-rescue operations in the region. Authorities reported 580 hikers and more than 300 local guides and yak herders reached nearby Qudeng and Dingri; officials organised orderly returns and social media criticised mass trekking during the October holiday.
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