A large ice block on the route just above the Mount Everest base camp has forced hundreds of climbers and local guides to delay their attempt to scale the world’s highest peak. The serac between base camp and camp one is unstable and is risky for climbers, said Himal Gautam of Nepal’s department of mountaineering on Friday. Officials are working with climbers and expedition organisers to assess the situation as climbers wait at base camp unable to move up the mountain. According to the department, 410 foreign climbers have been issued permits to attempt to reach the Everest summit during
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