Mount Everest ice avalanche

Greek climbers saved from Everest avalanche when Sherpa took money, never showed up

The age-old adage in Greek goes like this: “You were lucky amid you unluckiness”. And that was definitely the case with nine Greek mountain climbers last week, who avoided being in a spot where a deadly avalanche struck near Mt. Everest because their Sherpa had taken their money and disappeared when they arrived in Nepal.