Deadliest Day on Mt Everest, at Least 12 Killed in Avalanche

Natalie DiBlasio : Apr 18, 2014
USA TODAY

USA TODAY: An avalanche left 12 dead and four missing in the worst-ever recorded disaster on Mount Everest. (Photo via USA Today)

With peak season just days away, Sherpas and guides are busy preparing for the trek up the highest peak in the world.

"The Sherpa guides were carrying up equipment and other necessities for climbers when the disaster happened," a spokesman for Nepal's Tourism Ministry, Mohan Krishna Sapkota, told the AFP news agency.