We just hear the most awful noise. An incredible, thunderous roar. Reporter it must have seemed like the end of the world. Unthinkable. Like, this is a bad dream. Everythings been completely destroyed. I didnt expect to survive. Youre not in control, the mountain is in control. Oh, dear, my lord. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Richard engel reports from everest avalanche reporter even amid the majestic himalayas, it dwarfs everything around it. Its almost indescribable. Its breathtaking. Reporter Mount Everest, the highest mountain on earth, is, for many climbers, the ultimate challenge. Once youve had a taste of it, you just you cant stop until youve conquered it. Reporter a famous climber once said, you climb Mount Everest because its there. But that climber, george mallory, died on everest in 1924. The mountains history is long and deadly. You just gotta deal with nature. It always got the upper hand. You cant fight nature. If you fight it, you will die. Reporter and when dis
Cascade. Forget about the cowboy walklkbecause of a saggygyiaper its time to dance freely thanks to new pampers cruisers the first and only diaper that helps distribute wetness evenly into three extra absorb channels. So it stays drier and doesnt sag like other diapersrs so wiggle it jiggle it and do, whatever that is, in new pampers cruisers love, sleep and play. Reporter the day before the earthquake, haley and her father, team leader garrett, and the rest of the climbers were makiki Good Progress through the khumbu icefall. Every step counts in the icefall. Reporter is it exhausting, youre carrying all this gear . I probably had about 30 pounds, 40 pounds on my back. Heavy boots, heavy gear. Youre trying to breathehe reporter haley, upupront with the fast climbers, quickly made it up to camp 1. Fit as she was, she was now feeling the altitude at 20,000 feet. I was wiped. Its extremely hot. I was extremely dehydrated. I was happy to see camp one. Reporter you collapse in exhaustion.
Right. And then theres a minute to 90 seconds of just kind of just this tunnel of just ice kind of coming by, of snow, a wind sound. I didnt really expect to survive. Reporter you thought it was game over . Yeah. I felt like i was gonna die. I thought i would be blown away. The power that was coming off that mountain was just scaring me. Reporter like a blast wave . Right. Reporter michaels camera, buried in the snow beside him, continued to roll. Oh, dear lord. Mike, are you okay . Yeah, howre you . And then it stops, and then its silence. Somebody . Blood just starts kind of hitting the snow a little bit. And im like, wow, like, thats a lot of blood. Reporter coming from your nose . It was nose and face. I didnt really know what was what was going on. Ron, who had been about five feet away from me, i see him about 25 feet over there. And he just yells over to me, mate, find some warm clothes right now. Reporter as the snow melted off the lens of michaels camera, things started to com
Vickie Meadows passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the Commonwealth Journal on 2023-08-22.
Windsor residents want expanded library hours on Sundays cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.