Mount Everest

Wisconsin Climber Survives Powerful Avalanche on Mount Everest

More than 2,000 people have died in the earthquake

A Wisconsin man climbing Mount Everest has survived a powerful earthquake that shook Nepal.

The Wisconsin State Journal reports 52-year-old Andy Land, of Fond du Lac, and his climbing team guided by International Mountain Guides of Ashford, Wash., were in the Khumbu Icefall region near the mountain's base when the 7.8-magnitude quake struck Saturday.

Eric Simonson, a partner with IMG, posted on the company's website Saturday, saying the team called from base camp to say everyone was OK.

Land, a hospice nurse, spent months training for the climb to bring awareness to hospice. He departed Wisconsin last month.

The earthquake is the worst tremor to hit the poor South Asian nation in over 80 years. More than 2,000 were killed.

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