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Path cleared for Everest climbers after huge ice block
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- Ram Krishna Lamichhane, Nepal's director general of tourism, told the BBC that icefall doctors had now fixed ropes up to Camp 2 - located at roughly 6,400 to 6,500 metres (21,000 to 21,325 ft) high.
- "Still there are some risks, but icefall doctors have picked up the most convenient available route and identified the path forward," Lamichhane said.
- Teams began fixing ropes last month for the spring season, but they were forced to wait for a huge 100-foot-high (30m) ice block, known as a serac, to start melting.
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Phanindra Dahal,BBC Nepaliand Olivia Ireland Watch: Video shows 'huge' chunk of glacier blocking the route up Mount Everest Nepali mountaineers have cleared a route past a huge chunk of ice on Mount Everest that has blocked climbers from moving up past Base Camp for two weeks.
Ram Krishna Lamichhane, Nepal's director general of tourism, told the BBC that icefall doctors had now fixed ropes up to Camp 2 - located at roughly 6,400 to 6,500 metres (21,000 to 21,325 ft) high.
"Still there are some risks, but icefall doctors have picked up the most convenient available route and identified the path forward," Lamichhane said.
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