Thursday, April 17, 2014

Mt. Everest Expedition 2014: Dispatch #12

April 18, 2014    

Expedition Leader: Dean Staples, IFMGA – New Zealand 
Expedition Guide: Ang Dorjee Sherpa – Nepal/ USA 
Base Camp Manager: Caroline Blaikie – New Zealand / Scotland 

Team members: 
Nick Durack – UK
Yoshio Goto – Japan / Hong Kong 
Jake Frykberg – Australia
Jon Johnston – Australia / USA 
Anatolii Stegniei – Ukraine 
Vilborg Arna Gissurardóttir – Iceland

News from Mt Everest

There has been an incident in the Khumbu icefall on Mt Everest this morning involving Sherpas from a number of teams, including the Adventure Consultants Climbing Sherpas. All the Adventure Consultants climbers and guides were in Base Camp at the time and were not involved. We are waiting to hear updates regarding our Sherpa staff and we hope to be able to post a further update soon.

Update:
The following link is to the article that appeared in the New York Times in the early hours of Friday, April 18th: NY Times Article


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