( North Conway, N.H. ) - A climbing guide from North Conway, his wife and five clients are safe after Saturday's earthquake in Nepal triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest where the group was hiking.

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Rick and Celia Wilcox of International Mountain Equipment in were about 17,000 feet up Mount Everest when the quake hit.
Alec Behr, manager at the IME store, says they haven't heard directly from the group, but have been in contact with a second person who said they are safe and headed back to Kathmandu.
Officials say the death toll from the massive Nepal earthquake has now surpassed 4,000 people.


 

 

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