And, make no mistake, you do have to be rich to favour this particular form of adventure travel. The popular Nepalese approach to the mountain was never officially shut down, but the base camp, which ordinarily attracts hundreds of rich thrill-seeking foreigners, was cleared out like a busted speakeasy by May 12. When the 2015 earthquake hit, 19 climbers were killed, including 10 more Sherpas. The Sherpas decided not to work on Everest for the remainder of that season, but the mountain was summited a few weeks later by a Chinese climber, Wang Jing, who used a helicopter to bypass the main base camp and the unpredictable icefall itself. Sixteen Sherpas died in an avalanche on the Khumbu on April 18, 2014: they were killed making way for the film crews and the long (literal) queues of amateur climbers who were scheduled to arrive in May. The deadliest disasters in the history of the mountain have now happened in consecutive years. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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