Avalanche triggered by quake kills one in Nepal

A Nepalese member of a mountaineering expedition was killed and a British climber injured in an avalanche on Nepal’s Mount Ama Dablam triggered by an earthquake on Monday.

A Nepalese member of a mountaineering expedition was killed and a British climber injured in an avalanche on Nepal’s Mount Ama Dablam triggered by an earthquake on Monday.

File photo shows rescuers carrying an injured person after an avalanche triggered by an earthquake flattened parts of Everest Base Camp last year. (AFP)

Janak Thapa of Himalayan Guides, which had organised the expedition, told Hindustan Times that Lakpa Thindhu Sherpa was killed by the avalanche. He identified the injured Briton as Ciaran Hill.

“The injured British mountaineer has been airlifted to Kathmandu and is undergoing treatment at a local hospital,” he said.