re: 7.8 Earthquake in Nepal; 1800+ dead; Avalanche Kills 17+ on Everest

Sorry man, more people are worried about Bruce Jenner being a woman now.

Stupid fricking country

Poor people. Imagine having friends/family there on vacation staying at that hotel. Awful

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Wow, one of my friends was just posting yesterday on fb about her friend currently climbing Everest. I hope her friend is ok.

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Well only around 600 people climb it each year so that is around 50 a month which is about 12 a week and 8 died so there is about a 66% chance she is dead. Sorry for her loss.

Some source on Twitter claiming to be in contact with teams on the mountain says 18 confirmed dead.

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Well only around 600 people climb it each year so that is around 50 a month which is about 12 a week

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That's not how it works there. The primary climbing season is very short. The vast majority climb and summit in April/May.

I have a friend there now as well. Her name is Casey Westby. If that is her friend, she is ok.

Oh Lord. My college roommate and still lifelong friend is from Khatmandu. 100% of his family is there, he's the only one of the family to come to America to study. Just came back from Nepal 3 weeks ago.

Says it been hard contacting anyone so far.

All those bodies will end up on one of those videos of the dead Everest climbers. Eerie stuff.

The Sherpa who descended through the icefall were able to hear some voices of trapped climbers on their way down. Another report

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Jacob called in this morning from Everest Base Camp, we had a challenging time communicating with a poor satellite phone connection, but we were able to talk over the course of 3 phone calls. Things are happening at basecamp, starting at dawn, helicopters were able to begin evacuating the most critically injured from EBC as of now 7 evacuation flights have come in and out of EBC. There are 17 critically injured that the doctors and everyone at base camp watched over last night, and as weather has improved today they are hoping to be able to fly all out today. Over 20 people are reported dead at base camp currently with many more still missing. Teams at Camp 1 and Camp 2 seem to be OK, but anxious to get down to base camp. There have been only a couple of Sherpa who have descended through the icefall since the earthquake. There are many climbers missing still, and they expect to find more victims at basecamp and in the icefall before this is all through. The Sherpa who descended through the icefall were able to hear some voices of trapped climbers on their way down. Jacob and a guide from IMG (sorry I didn’t get the name due to bad reception) are going to attempt to go up into the icefall this morning to see if they can help anyone, and to assess what gear they may need to help establish a route for the more than 100 climbers who are above the icefall in Camp 1 and Camp 2. Jacob said that the “Icefall Doctors” have left the mountain, so the rescue is up to the remaining climbers.

Scott H. is in Lukla and will return to Kathmandu as soon as they are able to fly, and return home.

David and Alisha Germer from our EBC trek/Island Peak climb are in Pokhara and trying to return to Kathmandu by bus today and return home soon.

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Getting killed by and earthquake while climbing Everest seems like it is drawing a band hand.

You are attempting on of the most dangerous things a human can attempt and an earthquake gets thrown into the mix.