After a deadly avalanche killed at least 13 Sherpa guides on the Mount Everest last week, all expedition groups have called off their journeys.
Members of 15 expedition groups, who were in the Everest base camp waiting for weather to improve, on Sunday decided to return, declaring 2014 as a ´black year´ in the history of mountaineering. These groups consist of about 300 mountaineers, their Sherpa guides and high-altitude workers.
Following the decision, about 150 members of 15 more expedition groups, who are now above the Everest base camp, will also return over the next few days. They have already been informed about the decision made by a gathering of expedition members in the base camp.
"No mountaineer will be climbing the Everest this year," said Lama Kaji Sherpa, a tourism entrepreneur in Namche, a major tourist hub in Solukhumbu district from where all expedition groups head toward the Everest base camp. "All expedition members are shocked by the tragedy."
The incident has particularly left all Sherpa guides, who are key supporters of mountaineers, traumatized.
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Members of 15 expedition groups, who were in the Everest base camp waiting for weather to improve, on Sunday decided to return, declaring 2014 as a ´black year´ in the history of mountaineering. These groups consist of about 300 mountaineers, their Sherpa guides and high-altitude workers.
Following the decision, about 150 members of 15 more expedition groups, who are now above the Everest base camp, will also return over the next few days. They have already been informed about the decision made by a gathering of expedition members in the base camp.
"No mountaineer will be climbing the Everest this year," said Lama Kaji Sherpa, a tourism entrepreneur in Namche, a major tourist hub in Solukhumbu district from where all expedition groups head toward the Everest base camp. "All expedition members are shocked by the tragedy."
The incident has particularly left all Sherpa guides, who are key supporters of mountaineers, traumatized.
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