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'I ran for my life': Climber on Everest on avalanche

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Reporter Tom Bateman has spoken to climbers stranded by the avalanche on Mount Everest caused by the earthquake in Nepal. Belgian climber Jelle Veyt was hiking back from Camp 1 when the avalanche struck, he described his thoughts when he saw the avalanche coming down the mountain. "The first thing I thought when I saw that, I actually thought I'm going to die, I started running for my life and i thought if it hits me it it's going to be the end," he said.

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