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re: Video released showing Mt. Everest base camp getting hit by avalanch

Posted on 4/27/15 at 2:29 pm to
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
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Posted on 4/27/15 at 2:29 pm to
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I know this is going to be unpopular, but I would cancel the season and bring everyone down.


I don't think anyone's going to be climbing this season. Base camp is a mess, the Sherpas have gone home, and travel to and from Nepal and within the country is problematic. By the time the get everything sorted out, the Monsoon will have started.

ETA: But it's important to point out that tourism is Nepal's only significant industry. Once things get somewhat back to normal, they will need people to come back and climb the mountains, visit the temples, etc. Staying away "out of respect" or whatever, would be the wrong thing to do.
This post was edited on 4/27/15 at 2:32 pm
Posted by NashvilleTider
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Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 4/27/15 at 2:32 pm to
My uncle was panning on going there next summer... not to climb but to go to base camp as part of a remote medical training he is going through.

He was told today that they might shut things down next year to rebuild everything and just take a year off because of these two tragic seasons one after the other.
This post was edited on 4/27/15 at 2:33 pm
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