Relieved to be alive...The UTM Mission to Everest team were safe at the Everest Base Camp after the avalanche but they were stuck there for a week before the helicopter could evacuate them.From rightAnis Zulaikha Zabani, 25, Jamhuri Jumari, 21, Azim Afif Ishak, 27, Azham Afzanizam Hamzah, 27 and Farul Aidib Mahamad Yusoff, 27.Courtesy pic by Azim Afif.
UTM student Azim Afif Ishak was at the Everest Base Camp (EBC) when the 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal hard last Saturday, triggering a deadly avalanche killing 18 people on the mountain.
“It sounded like a 50-storey building collapsing,” said Azim who was stranded for a week with four other Malaysians at the base camp.
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