In the afternoon of 25 April 2015, a 7.8 moment magnitude earthquake struck Nepal and surrounding countries. Tremors from the quake triggered an avalanche from Pumori into Base Camp on Mount Everest.
The North Face of Everest as seen from Tibet
The avalanche is reported to have started between Pumori (Left) and Lingtren (middle peak) Khumbutse to the right
Nepal side Everest Base camp
Khumbtse overlooks base camp
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Daniel Paul Fredinburg was an American Google executive, climate activist, explorer, and entrepreneur. He was among the victims of an avalanche at Mount Everest's Base Camp triggered by the April 2015
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…were listed as two Americans, one Chinese, one Australian and one Japanese. On 27 April, National Geographic reported 24 deaths. Google executive Dan Fredinburg, who was climbing Everest with three company employees while mapping the area for a future Google Earth-type project, and three other Americans, were…
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