KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Climbing will reopen on Mount Everest next week after damage to routes caused by avalanches that were set off by a huge earthquake, one of which killed 18 climbers at base camp, senior officials said on Thursday.
"Next week, expeditions will continue," said Tulsi Prasad Gautam, chief of the mountaineering department at the tourism ministry.
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