China evacuates climbers stranded after earthquake

China has evacuated 470 climbers stranded in the Tibet autonomous region by the magnitude-7.9 earthquake in Nepal, authorities said on Saturday.

All of the 470 climbers stranded on the north slope of the Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everest in the West, were safely evacuated and 346 of them had already left the region by Saturday, they said.

When the quake hit Nepal on April 25, 470 climbers from 32 countries were scattered across the northern slope of Qomolangma, and on Mt. Cho Oyu and Mt. Shishapangma nearby. Of the total, 207 were Sherpa mountain guides from Nepal.