Survivor: I thought the summit was crashing; it all happened in 10 seconds

April 29, 2015 12:43

In April this year, Breeze Sharma set off on a mission to climb Mt Everest and Lhotse (the fourth highest mountain in the world at 8,516 metres). Lhotse was his first destination. Breeze was to embark on an acclimatisation climb on May 24 night from the Everest Base Camp to Camp 1.

However, bad weather forced them to abandon the trek and instead the team set out on a glacier walk.

And that's when all hell broke loose, he tells Laxmi Negi/Rediff.com.

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