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Emil Guillermo: Sherpas I talked to were optimistic, but this video of when earthquake/avalanche hit Everest base camp makes it hard to imagine climbing season will resume in Nepal; UPDATED

As I write there are 17 confirmed dead at Mt.Everest.

My Sherpa contacts in the U.S. had hoped for a resumption of the season since it means so much to Nepal revenue-wise.

But they hadn’t seen this video released today that shows the power of the quake as it hit the base camp.

UPDATE:

Reports on Monday morning now put dead at more than 4,000  throughout Nepal.

The numbers of people hurt on Mt. Everest also grows.  At least 17 are dead. And as some of the injured have been rescued two days after the initial quake,  the fear remains that an unknown number of people may still be trapped on the mountain.

UPDATE:
Tuesday morning reports say the death toll is now more than 5,000, and growing.

By comparison, Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines claimed  more than 6,000 lives.

 

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Emil Guillermo: Sherpas in U.S. pray for Nepal after earthquake.(UPDATED)

Serap Jangbu Sherpa wrote on his Facebook page: “Everybody please let’s take a moment to pray for Nepal and all the Nepalese. It was a massive attack from Mother Nature but please stay strong. Those public monuments we lost, we will raise it again.”

Serap has climbed Mt. Everest three times.

Three.

He knows how to overcome difficulty.

But he still isn’t sure how the quake will affect the climbing season with a month to go.   See my column here.

Hard to imagine anything returning to normal.

The injury numbers  coming in are staggering.

As of Sunday morning, more than 2,200 now confirmed dead,  and the aftershocks continue.

 

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