I have always had a love of Mt Everest, a place I would like to visit (but not climb). I have read every book I could lay my hands on to try and understand why people want to climb and to understand the culture of the Sherpa. Into Thin Air (mentioned in the article) was one of the last books I read. It is sad that 12 guides lost their lives.
Rescuers were searching through piles of snow and ice on the slopes of Mount Everest on Saturday for four Sherpa guides who were buried by an avalanche that killed 12 other Nepalese guides in the deadliest disaster on the world's highest peak.
Krishna Lamsal, a Nepal Tourism Ministry official at the base camp, said the bodies of the 12 guides were pulled out and brought down Friday. Weather was fine Saturday morning, but conditions could quickly deteriorate and hamper the search efforts, he said.
The avalanche swept down a climbing route when the group of Sherpa guides were making their way up to the higher camps to fix ropes and dig a path for their foreign clients ahead of next month's peak season for scaling the summit.
The avalanche struck an area known as the "popcorn field" for its bulging chunks of ice at about 6:30 a.m. Friday.
Avalanche sweeps down Everest, killing at least 12
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