How climbers felt as quake hit Mount Everest

As an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale hit Nepal at 11.41 a.m. on Saturday, the climbers on Mount Everest kept tweeting to apprise well-wishers about their situation.

At around 12,00 p.m. Daniel Mazur @danielmazur, a climber from England, tweeted: "A Massive earthquake just hit Everest. Basecamp has been severely damaged. Our team is caught in camp 1. Please pray for everyone."

Few minutes later, Mazur's tweet said: "Aftershock! #Everest team is in camp 1, hanging on. #Icefall route destroyed."

At around 3.00 p.m., Mazur tweeted: "Aftershock! #Everest team is in camp 1, hanging on. #Icefall route destroyed."

In another tweet, Mazur said: "#Everest base camp damaged. Camp 1 swept away, Daniel Mazur team stuck in camp 1. #Nepalquake".

Thomas Kilroy ?@mykitchensync, a friend of Mazur replied : "Keep safe Daniel - hang in there. We are all thinking of you and hoping your route to safety sees you home."

At around 12.00 p.m., another climber Adrian Ballinger @alpenglowexp , from Squaw Valley, California, US, tweeted: "Big #earthquake just now in Everest BC. Lots of rock and ice falling. We all ok. Hoping more exposed South Side also ok. #Everest2015"

A minute later, Ballinger tweeted: "Strong aftershocks continuing here on North Side of #Everest. #earthquake #Everest2015"

Around 3.00 p.m. climber Ji Davidson from Fort Collins, Colorado, US, tweeted: "We're safe at camp 1. Apparent earthquake. We had avi nearby, powder blast & glacier moved. Injuries in basecamp. Sta http://dlor.me/33G5Y6Z"

At 10.00 a.m., Davidson had tweeted: "We are above the icefall and safe at camp 1 at 19800 ft! http://dlor.me/DEN652B"