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  • 30 April 2015

      30 April 2015
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    The Disposable Man: A Western History of Sherpas on Everest

    For more than a century, Western climbers have hired Nepal’s Sherpas to do the most dangerous work on Mount Everest. It’s a lucrative way of life in a poor region, but no service industry in the world so frequently kills and maims its workers for the benefit of paying clients. The dead are often forgotten, and their families left with nothing but ghosts.

    By: Grayson Schaffer ? ? ?

    Photo - Lhamu Chhiki, widow of Chhewang Nima, who died on Everest in 2010 while working for a private expedition.

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  • 28 April 2015

      29 April 2015

    An amazing watch, BBC footage, Thomas was In the group with my friends, they appear in this story.. Only three minutes but I guarantee you will watch it to the end...(scroll down as well to view his blog/pics.)

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  • 25 April 2015 - Anzac day

      28 April 2015
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    devastation..

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  • 26 April 2015

      28 April 2015

    Rolfe’s report:

    As Jo and I arrived into C1 in low vis we heard a tremendous noise – it was all around us - presuming an avalanche – which was a nightmare to pin the direction on. The noise and movement was enough to trip us off our feet. later there was the loudest noise I have ever heard coming from below (base camp) which produced an enormous backdraft. It was not easy to work out what was going on but we were naturally now pretty wired trying to predict avalanches as well as make out what was happening. After frantic coms to BC it was related to us that there had been huge avalanches and landslides on a devastation scale into BC triggered by the earthquake. We are in radio coms with BC and sat phone coms back home. We are all okay but devastated for our friends and colleagues

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  • 27 April 2015

      28 April 2015

    Rolfes report -

    After 48 hours of being wired we are at BC. The past few days have been scary as hell. We were living on the edge with new tremors making C1 unstable and causing avalanches. It has been nerve wracking. The noises have been intense and trying to predicate directions of these knock on avalanches has left us all frayed. Imagine that I now say that this was a better place to be than BC.

    The ice fall is ruined and deemed totally impassable – I believe 3 ice fall doctors have been killed and the rest have left BC. Needless to say the season is over.

    Coming back to BC wasn’t a moment of joy. There are bodies still lying covered in snow waiting to be airlifted out and there is debris all over a vast expanse. The visuals resemble how I would imagine a nuclear bomb site to be. Relieved for a few outcomes – Henry was bloody lucky scrambling behind a stupa and Bhola was carried 50m but again is okay – selfishly knowing some of my crew are okay helps.

    My tent along with tims, Ingos, Jo’s are gone there is nothing left only tatters caught on rocks. This is a small price to pay and I am fully aware of that. I have found a glove 200m away and my down suit was over 150 m totally shredded. We are all digging looking for things with the knowledge that there are still people unaccounted for. It’s a hard task to get stuck into.

    I hear that Raj is moving up to Pheriche now to help with med clinic. Then his plan is to push up to BC in a few days’ time. Will be good to see another familiar face.

    I hear you guys have all been behind us and Nepal as a whole. Thank you,

    Rolfe.

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