Two climbers from Slovakia, one of them is Hungarian, have been trapped in an avalanche that struck a difficult route to Mt Everest above 7,000 m on Tuesday morning, according to an expedition organiser.
Zoltan Pal and Vladimir Strba's goal was to get on the top of the Mount Everest along a very hard route. Avalanche struck them above the Camp II.
The search-party started forenoon. According to rescuers, one of them has suffered injuries while the other looked fine.
