Snowstorm traps hundreds of hikers on Mount Everest during China’s national holiday

Rescuers were helping hundreds of hikers trapped by heavy snow at tourist campsites on a slope of Mount Everest in Tibet, Chinese state media said. Speaking on FRANCE 24, Carl Cater, Associate Professor in Tourism Marketing at Swansea University, says many of the tourists caught in the storm were ill equipped and lack the outdoor skills necessary to face the challenge of hiking up the world’s tallest mountain.