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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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Topic Author's Reply - May 25, 2015 - 11:54pm PT
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Neebee, the Kali Gandaki, a major river that empties into the Ganges eventually, was blocked by a land slide and formed a lake 900 feet deep. Fortunately, before the army could appear with dynamite, the river forged a way through the land slide and caused minor flooding on the way down, but relived the extreme pressure and danger. One more crisis averted.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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May 26, 2015 - 11:48am PT
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hey there say, jan... thank you so much! for sharinag, :)
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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May 26, 2015 - 05:00pm PT
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please help
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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May 26, 2015 - 06:58pm PT
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Jan: Thanks for keeping this thread alive. Your last link: The Khumbu Open for Business - Almost.
is very interesting for anyone familiar with the trekkers route up to Everest.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 8, 2015 - 09:20pm PT
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June 8 was the first day in Nepal since the big quake on the 25th of April that there were no aftershocks!
Between April 25 and June 8, there were 304 shocks of 4.0 or greater and a second quake of 7.3 on May 12.
May this be the end of them!
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feralfae
Boulder climber
in the midst of a metaphysical mystery
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Jan wrote:
Between April 25 and June 8, there were 304 shocks of 4.0 or greater and a second quake of 7.3 on May 12.
May this be the end of them!
Amen, Jan, Amen.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 9, 2015 - 09:47am PT
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zBrown, neither our government nor theirs knew that they had picked up civilians for transport to Kathmandu. Then they found extra bodies and had to inquire around and finally got the names of the villagers who had been loaded on. There is also some suggestion now that maybe the chopper was overloaded and that's why it crashed.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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It's big news in San Diego because the crew was out of Camp Pendleton.
Indications are there were six U.S. and two Nepalese military personnel and 5 civilians.
Helicopter was an upgraded UH-1Y Huey "capable of carrying eight combat-loaded troops in addition to it's four-person crew, or a maximum useful load of 6,661 pounds"
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 9, 2015 - 01:06pm PT
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There's been some talk of it running out of fuel. My first thought that someone syphoned off some fuel or didn't fill it completely, but I would have thought the Americans would not have trusted any other nationality to do that.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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13 SOB's (Souls On Board) is a LOT for a UH-1, especially at altitude.
Granted, those people are small but then how can you fault the Marines for
doing their best to save people? The pilot probably figured "If I can get
this lot 20' off the ground we're good to go." That works fine at lower
altitudes but your flight envelope is much more compressed higher up which
means a downdraft could be very bad. More than likely something broke as
our military pilots are overwhelmingly very good.
edit:
I didn't see Jan's post about running out of fuel. That is very hard to believe.
edit 2: That 6600 lb useful load includes fuel and must be adjusted for altitude.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 9, 2015 - 02:45pm PT
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The villkages they were visiting were not particularly high altitude, at least as far as Nerpal goes. They were all around 6,000 feet ad certainly no higher than 8,000.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Well 6-8000' combined with high temps and humidity is fairly significant.
That 'Y' model is significantly more powerful than the older ones I'm
familiar with but if they had a significant fuel load then their margin of
excess power could have been much narrower. Hard to say without more data.
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Crazy Bat
Sport climber
Birmingham, AL & Seweanee, TN
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Jun 10, 2015 - 03:28pm PT
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That link did not work for me. I would love to read it though.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 10, 2015 - 07:09pm PT
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Here's a first hand account of what it was like in Everest Base Camp after the earthquake caused avalanche. It was written by a Sherpa from my villlage and features many other Sherpas from Rolwaling. Definitely a gripping story but not for those who are squeamish about medical problems. Reilly and other EMT's will love it.
Mega Avalanche at Everest base camp by mega earthquake
Worst day of my life (25-04-2015)
Report by Mingma
I watched a video in which 12 Nepalese were killed by Iraqi Militant in Baghdad on 31st August 2004. One of them was beheaded and remaining 11 were gunned. I watched that video with friends and it was ok that moment but the deadly sound of cutting the neck of Nepalese lived in my mind since then. Whenever I see dead bodies or killing, I remember that video and it gives too much pain on my mind.
The incident on 25-05-2015 is another worst incident that remained in my mind. I am having same problem right from now.
On 24th April, all our Sherpa team went to camp-I and camp-II for the first time and were back to base camp on same day. The climbing members were taken to ice fall for climbing and ladder walking practice. It looked every one were tired and the weather report also showed to be worsen for 25th and 26th April with period of moderate to heavy snow fall including Khumbu area. Depending on that weather report, I made the plan to give rest day to all the members and staffs.
The day was little colder and clouded from the morning on 25th April. We all had rest day. There was nothing to do at day time so I just planned to visit some of friends whose camps were at the top of base camp. Taking Kaji and Furba(elder), we went to the camp where Lingsang, Eric and Niuro spent the night later on that night. We were there chatting with friends and then it started snowing so we thought to spend little more time but there came earthquake. After few minutes, we just heard sound of avalanche but we were not sure where it was coming from. We could hear sound from all direction. It must be because of avalanche in all direction or echo sound. Within few seconds, we saw big avalanche so close and so fast covering base camp. We tried to hide inside the tent but we were covered by too much snow. We saw broken tents around so we quickly ran towards our camp. It was difficult to point out our campsite because most of the places were looking same with broken tents.
I could point out the position of our camp after seeing HRA (Himalayan Rescue Association)’s half broken big tent. I just entered the campsite, I saw nothing left there. I first saw Chinese climber, Baoli lying there. He can’t stand and his head was cut off but he was looking not that bad. Then I move towards Marc and he was very close to Baoli and lying there with hanging cut skin on his face. His right eye was covered by blood. While I was checking his face, Vivian, Phurba and Lingsang came toward me. Lingsang and Phurba were looking ok but Vivian’s face was covered by blood. I had no words to tell them. I asked Phurba to move around and find other members. Around 10m from Marc, Ada and Japanese lady, Obata were together lying on snow without shoes. It looks Ada was senseless with swollen face and Obata was very conscious but broken leg and she was crying lot. There was no point I could help her. I need to find all our people so I left them and went to find more. Till then there was nobody from other safer camp to help us. One of my friend, Tashi whose camp was not much affected came to our camp so I asked him about his camp and he told all his camp was not that bad so I told him to call more people from his team and all the people from Rolwaling who were near to his camp. His radio was not working so he immediately ran back to call some of friends.
Phurba had taken Amy out from the small lake in front of her tent and she was wet and kept on snow. We found wooden board and moved her on that board. It looks our few Sherpa were very fine and were helping us. We spread to find more of our staffs and members. Shi Lei was sitting there on something but he was so frightened and had problem in moving his leg. Maizi was blocked under dining poles which Phurthiley was removing but she looked fine because she was conscious. There was a guy behind Maizi but he was naked with his boot and white underwear only. I couldn’t imagine how it was happened. I tried to feel his body and it was still warm but was not moving so I thought he was no more. I turned his face that almost stopped my breathing because it was Ge Zhen Fang and his left eye was out and there was big cut close to his eye along with bone. I put his eye back but it gave too much pain on my mind. It was like watching horror movie. I found two kinds of feather bags behind him and I took them and put on Ada’s feet and zipped them. I didn’t find any other shoes so I rapped the Japanese lady’s leg in a sleeping bag which Mingma Nuri covered her. We were still missing Yama San, Australian lady and our Sherpa.
Our Nepalese member, Gopal was at the place where my tent was placed previously. He was so fine but shivering a lot and he wanted to find me boot for him. I just shout at him and sent him toward the middle of the camp. I heard very low sound of crying so I went behind a big rock and found Yama San there. He was lying on snow with broken legs and his right hand was broken and turned under his head. I was sure that he can’t live for longer time but I couldn’t leave him in that situation. There was a big crushed carpet. I hardly pulled that little closer and dragged him on that carpet. He was shouting alot but I didn’t have any option except dragging him. Keeping him on warmer carpet and covered his half body with that carpet to keep him warm, I quickly move toward the middle of the camp and I saw Ge Zhen Fang was moving there. But I didn’t see any hope to save him and Phurba came to me and started crying hugging on my waist. Till then I didn’t know that our two Nepalese were dead. Phurba just kept on saying Chau Lhakpa (Brother-in-Law) died. Again he told that he also found body of Shiva which created my mind so tensed and put so much pressure. Phujung again told me that, our another chef, Rinzi is in very critical position and may not live. Again Furba (elder) told that he also found the dead body of Australian lady. I was already out of mind so just wanted to call in Kathmandu. There was no mobile signal so couldn’t make call. Then I saw our camp-II assistant chef, Rajendra being covered on his forehead. His skin on forehead was cut off and it was hanging between his two eyes. His face was full of blood and it put so much pressure on my mind. I was counting our Nepalese team and Eric came to me and he ask if he could go to Gorekshep but I kept on saying him to wait because I didn’t see anyone good to go with him.
I had no idea what to do. I sent two of our Sherpa to ask for help to some of our friends’ camp which were at the top of base camp. We didn’t have tent left, all our team mates were injured, we didn’t have place to put our injured people and some of them were seeking for hot water which we didn’t have. Many friends from Rolwaling and some other came to our camp and finally I got satellite phone in my hand and called in Kathmandu but I was informed that the situation in Kathmandu was also very distress. I just told to keep helicopter on standby and reserve hospital for them. The weather was not good so I didn’t have hope for helicopter. We found some of our stored tents and started putting them. One by another, we put most of our injured people in the tents. Phurba took Marc to HRA with some of other friends. Other people need to be carried so we were waiting for stretcher. One of my guide friend, Phurba Namgyal arrived there with his first aid kit and bottles of hot water. I took painkiller from him and chew them myself and gave to Amy, Rajendra, Vivian and Yama San. There were so many people to help us sooner. We didn’t find our oxygen mask and regulator and Phurba was still saying that Rinzin may not live. I asked to Mingma Tshering (also my NNMGA batch guide) to bring some regulator and mask. So he quickly called his camp and brought mask and regulator. We also got some stretcher for carrying injured people. We first sent Yama San and then Amy to HRA. I turned Ga Zhen Fang and found small hope so we took him too to HRA but the doctor denied to accept him because they were sure that he was in very critical situation and can’t be cured. It was same case with one of Sherpa from another team so we kept both together in newly fitted big tent. And sooner he died there but the Sherpa was still moving. I pray such moment never come in my life. I entered back to HRA big broken medication hall because Amy was kept there and she was looking conscious. She was asking us to talk with her continuously. Almost 5-6 camps which were at lower part were not harmed so some people arranged those camps for medication center. I was returning back to camp from HRA and found Ada was being taken to lower camp. I didn’t know the Sherpa who was taking her but I requested to take care of her for some period. One by One, we transferred to IMG, Asian Trek and Himalayan Experience camps. We kept on waiting for stretcher to come because we still had Maizi, Rajendra and Pasang Gelje at camp and they can’t walk. Later on they were directly taken to IMG camp where more critical people are kept. After Pasang Gelje was taken to one of his relative’s camp, we went to see our injured people in the camps they were taken.
We first went to Asian Trekking camp where Ada, Boshi and Vivian were kept. There were 3 more injured people and they were all sitting before gas heater. There was no doctor at that time. Doctor Nima is very good friend of mine since long time and he was looking after that camp so I sent one guy to call him. My friend Phurba Namgyal and I first helped Vivian to bandage her arms and forehead because the blood from her both elbow were blowing continuously. Dr Nima came there and he suggested some method to stop the blood. After that we opened Ada’s Bandage again because it was completely wet with blood and it was still bleeding. It was big cut on the back, more to right side and her hair was attached to each other because of clotted blood and became so hard. We cut few part of her hair and wanted to cut all around the wound but she denied cutting them. Clearing the lower part with warm water, we put medicine and covered them with new bandage. She was still shivering and also so frightened and like senseless. I checked her body and found bleeding on her right leg. She was there still with those wet shocks. I opened them and her legs were so cold so I started rubbing them putting in front of heater. It took me long time to warm her legs. Then I folded her both trousers up and Phurba put medicine on the wound and covered it. Boshi was very fine. His head was bandage but there was no more bleeding but he was asking to help to find his small blue bag and he told to go back to camp next day to find his things instead of flying back. After that Phurba Namgyal wanted to go back to his camp, so I requested him to take our people in his camp and let them sleep there. He first went to our camp and took Eric,Lingsang and Niuro to his camp with Dawa and I went to IMG camp from Asian Trek camp.
When I entered to IMG dining hall, all the injured people were kept on the floor and the hall was warmed by heater. Amy, Japanese lady,Maizi, Gyaljen and Rajendra were kept in same dining hall with 4 more other people. Then I entered another dining hall where Yama San and Shi Lei were kept with other 2 more people. All were looking ok. Shi lei was in deep sleep and I woke up him to ask if he is feeling better but he stood up and started looking for his single shoe. The doctor found it from outside and gave it. Since conscious people were kept in Asian Trek camp, I took him there and put with Ada, Vivian and Boshi. They started to chat but Ada was looking at heater and not responding at all. There was one blanket given to Ada and I asked one more sleeping bag. It was already getting dark and I remembered Baoli who was kept in tent at our camp. We all forgot him because he was alone in a tent and nobody checked after I left the camp. I immediately sent one Sherpa. Dakipa and some other Sherpa brought him to IMG camp. I stayed for a while in Asian trek camp and then we all took dinner there. Then I went back to IMG camp again. The Japanese lady wanted to have warm water so I requested one of guy to bring water. I asked everyone if they wanted to have something. Rajendra said he was hungry and Amy wanted to have soup. Rajendra could eat himself but we had to feed Amy. Tsering Pemba from Ascent Himalaya Trek helped me to make Amy stand and hold her body but she took only 6-7 spoons of soup. We made her sleep after that and changed her water bottle with warm water.
We entered the next dining, Yama San wanted to pee. I got so surprised to see him because he was so conscious and recognize me very clearly. I took a big mouth bottle and tried him pee there but he was unable to pee for long time so I rubbed his pee point area. He couldn’t pee so I left and again after few minutes he was asking me to help him to pee. It didn’t happen so I asked the doctors to help him. Two of the doctors fitted pipe and sucked it and helped him release his pee. Those doctors were kind of live giving angel for the injured people that day.
Taking 2 Tsering Sherpa from Ascent Himalaya and our Sherpa, I went to Himalayan experience and another one more camp which I don’t know yet. Marc, Jagbu Sherpa, Gopal, Mingma Nuri Sherpa and PemChong were kept in Himalayan experience camp. There were doctors kept turn by turn and they didn’t allow us to stay there because we were talking much with patients and he didn’t want us to disturb the injured people. He told not to worry and suggested to take rest saying he would look the patients. But we left Dakipa Sherpa there inside the tent in case of emergency. Then we went to another camp where Rinzin Sherpa and Gelbu Sherpa were kept. I didn’t cry whole the day in that situation but when met Rinzin, his voice was so low and painful and I couldn’t control my tears. He was worried if he could live or not and he was asking about his family. On the other side, Gelbu was there. He was so frightened and he requested me to arrange helicopter immediately. I tried to convince him but he was not listening to me. Min Bahadur Sherpa was already there looking after those two people and I requested him to stay whole the night with them. I wanted to go back to my friend’s camp to see Lingsang, Eric and Nieuro but he told me they were fine and not to worry about them. So we returned back to IMG camp. The doctors were busy writing names and types of injury of victims on separate notebook for each victim. I stayed inside the dining hall in front of heater. Suddenly Amy started coughing little and then vomited several times. I was cleaning her, she stopped breathing. I tried to call the doctors but they were busy in their own work. I went and caught on one doctor’s collar and pulled her to Amy. She quickly raised face upward and opened her mouth. She attached her upper and lower teeth so strong. She didn’t breathe so the doctor asked helped from another doctor and inserted long pipe in her throat and we kept continuing the oxygen at 8 pressures (IMG oxygen). After few minutes, she finally started breathing. Then they gave two different kinds of injections. The doctor and I stayed looking her more than half an hour and every few seconds we were trying to make her open her eyes and speaks. When she could recognize us, we left her to sleep fitting oxygen. The situation was getting better so I told 3 Sherpa from AH to go back to their camp and again come early morning to make heliport. Pemba Rita and Dawa Gyalzen were very fine so I told them not to sleep and check everyone in every few minutes. There were many injured climbers from different teams but there was nobody to look after them except the doctors and our Sherpa. We had to take care of our people and also all those injured people inside IMG camp.
I again went back to Asian Trek camp. All the remaining Sherpa were inside the dining and were chatting. Most of the people left base camp immediately after the accident so there were only few people. They read the news that another powerful earthquake would come before 12 AM so they want to stay awake till then. After that all went to sleep. Vivian, Shi Lei and Boshi were sitting on chair and there was nothing to cover their bodies so I requested Dr Nima to arrange another one more sleeping bag. He brought one of his client sleeping bag and provided us. Dr Nima told that Ada vomited and slept. So suggested to take care of her because if she again vomits while sleeping then could be danger. So I put chair straight to Ada, below her legs and sit there. It was easier for me to look back and check her. Boshi, Shi Lei, Vivian, myself, 2 Sherpa and one Indian, we all sat on chair. There were 3 injured people from different camps but there was nobody to look after them except me. Staying around an hour there, I again went back to IMG camp. There were two ladies doctors and One more male doctor who was distributing Diamox in the day time. They all were sitting outside at the gate between two dining hall because they were preparing something and it was bit noisy inside. Our two Sherpa were inside the IMG kitchen tent taking tea. I went inside the dining and checked everyone again. The Japanese lady again wanted to have hot water. There was another foreigner whose ribs were broken and wanted to have water so I helped him to raise and give water. There was one injured Sherpa below Amy. He asked me to help him to have something hot but I didn’t know what to give because that was not my camp and there was nobody who could prepare. I entered another dining and there was one Sherpa who could not speak English properly. He had broken legs and he told it was painful and need painkiller. I called the doctor and explained her and she checked him. Baoli was there and he was happy to see me all the time. He spoke so many things but I couldn’t understand him. Yama San was sleeping well. The doctor told to put a pad around the leg of that Sherpa. I help doctor cut his pants. Another doctor brought a pad but it was hard and bigger than his leg. The doctor told to bring hot water so I ran to kitchen with Alex took a small bowl full of hot water. He put the pad inside and bent it. He cut it into two pieces and tied on his leg. We all went outside and I asked them if they like to drink something. One of the doctors told to prepare any kind of hot drinks like juice. I went to Kitchen and our two Sherpa were taking tea there so they have already searched everything to eat. The IMG kitchen staffs were so thoughtful and helpful. They have boiled hot water and filled all the thermoses before they go to sleep. Our two Sherpa made juice and gave to the doctors and drank themselves too. I took a cup of juice to the Sherpa and let him drink. He thanked me and he was sad because some of his friends were very fine but they ran to Gorekshep leaving them in that condition.
After this, I again went back to Asian Trek camp. All were slept on chairs. I tried not to sleep but after few minutes I was asleep. Woke up almost an hour later and went outside to see the weather. It was so clear and we had hope to have helicopter early morning. It was very close to dawn so went back to tent and took a short nap. When I opened my eyes, it was white outside from the window. I quickly went out but it was clouded and very light snowing which depressed our expectation. I went to IMG camp, there were few people already woke up from IMG. We had a plan to make heliport early morning but there were no one to make heliport because it was cloudy and there was no hope for helicopter. I was shivering lot and a Sherpa gave me a down jacket and tea who I don’t know. After the accident I gave my big Kailash down jacket to Amy, then I found another but gave to Rajendra and again someone gave one black which I gave to Vivian and found another kailash down jacket by myself which I gave to Jangbu sherpa. I had nothing left and Lingsang collected some double bag so we took cothes from there and gave to Amy, vivian and I use myself too. I saw Lingsang also wore taking cloth from same double bag which was found to be of Amy. Suddenly we heard sound of helicopter. I told Pemba to carry out our injured people and Phunuru from IMG and I ran quickly toward the point we wanted to make heliport. Phunuru was sure that helicopter could land there so he gave signal to land on a small but not so flat hilltop. The helicopter landed there easily. Most of the people helping to carry the injured people in helicopter in that morning were from foreign countries. I first wanted to send Yama San, Amy and Ada so I shout at Pemba Rita to bring Ada quickly. The doctors put the injured people in a queue as per seriousness. Yama San, another one and Amy were first taken out but the pilot suggested only two people at a time so Yama San and another guy were putting in helicopter and I was still shouting our Sherpa to bring Ada because we had discussed to send two serious and one additional who is not much injured and can stand without any help. One of the Sherpa shouted at me saying they also have their injured people to send not only mine. I had my question for him but I kept silent. He had injured people but he forgot his injured people whole the night and our Sherpa were helping them instead of him.
The pilot told that they had four helicopters together from Lukla but only he could managed to enter through that thick cloud and reached at base camp. He was foreign pilot whom I never saw before. The first helicopter returned back with only two people and we waited little longer for second flight because it had problem to enter through that cloud. After the second flight, it kept on coming in every 15-20minutes. I wanted to send Dakipa and Phurba to Pheriche but the doctors didn’t allow saying there are already many volunteers in Pheriche and big helicopter is at lukla to take them directly to Kathmandu after Pheriche and only injured people should be sent first. I wanted to stay at base camp because our Sherpa were already so frightened and I thought they cannot bear more pressure and our people’s dead bodies were there at base camp. Fishtail air finished all the injured people to Pheriche and there came two more different helicopters. Those helicopters started rescuing from camp-I and camp-II. We went back to camp to collect our things but our Sherpa told that almost all our things were flown away in Khumbu icefall. The rescue from camp-I and II continued whole the day and it started to get cloudy sooner. All the helicopters started returning back. I could finally arranged one helicopter from Lukla to base camp to take dead bodies. We were waiting at SPCC’s destroyed camp with dead bodies but the helicopter couldn’t land there because so many things were flying into air so it returned to another heliport and flew back taking Lhakpa from HRA. Then we took all our dead bodies to heliport and left covering them. I went back to Asian Trek camp to use wifi to send message to Temba. He informed all the members were already in Kathmandu but he didn’t know how many Sherpa were there and how many of them were not there. He told me that Nima was in Lukla and I tried to reach Nima but he was not in contact. We didn’t have phone signal that day and money in satellite phone was no more. It was getting dark and I went back to my uncle’s camp where our 7 Sherpa, Boshi, Lingsang and I spent the night sharing and eating food from another camp. Next day we flew back to Lukla with 4 dead bodies and then Kathmandu with 2 only. There were many helicopter but government controlled all the helicopters and private helicopter make quick flights charging too much money only.
Firstly I am very thankful to all our those Sherpas who were still there helping our injured people because I saw most of the people from different camps packed their things and ran away from base camp after the accident. Also there was nobody to look after the injured people from their respective camps at night. I knew our 3 sherpa ran away too but I didn’t feel that sad with them too because after all they thought of their own and family life. The destructive avalanche also made everyone frightened and senseless. Our sherpa were in every camps where injured people were kept and they have helped all the injured people. Dakipa was in Himalayan Experience, Min Bahadur and Lhakpa were in the camp being treated by Indian doctors, Dawa Gyalje and Pemba Rita were in IMG camp whole the night. Thanks to them for being so responsible.
I am very thankful to all the climbers who helped our injured team mates to be alive. There were so many foreigners and Nepalese helping the destructed camps and injured people. It was a good example to let the world know that there is fine and good relationship among all climbers though from what happened with the accident in 2013 between foreign climbers and Nepalese Sherpa.
The international and national organizers like IMG, Asian Trekking, Himalayan Experience etc for letting all the injured people to have medication in their camps and providing anything we were in need of.
We are very thankful to the team from HRA (Himalayan Rescue Association) for providing doctors and medicines at Everest base camp every year. This year they were completely destructed but they kept on helping the injured people with what they have left after avalanche.
We are very much thankful to HRA doctors, Dr. Rachel Tullet and Dr. Megan Wainsley. I didn’t get complete name of another Canadian doctor, Dr. Syluce. Dr. Nima Sherpa from Aisan Trek camp. I am sorry that I don’t have the names for those doctors who were looking at Himalayan Experience and from the camp which was being taken cared by Indian doctors.
(If some names are missing please let us know.)
Losing and gaining is part of life so keep on moving………
“Thank you everyone”
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 10, 2015 - 07:22pm PT
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That's just typical Fritz.
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canyoncat
Social climber
SoCal
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Jun 10, 2015 - 07:56pm PT
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Wow Jan, Mingma's story was really moving. Clearly he's the man to have in an emergency. He was brave, clear headed, and just what was needed to keep things together.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jun 10, 2015 - 09:43pm PT
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Jan: The story you linked to is heart-breaking, as is so much of the Nepal earthquakes epic. Thank you for keeping this thread alive.
Worst day of my life (25-04-2015) Report by Mingma
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