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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Apr 25, 2015 - 09:07pm PT
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p-owed Thanks for filling us in. God or who ever any of you out there believe in, please make miracles for the people on the mountain.
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Scrubber
climber
Straight outta Squampton
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Apr 25, 2015 - 09:36pm PT
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What a shocker when we heard about this at 5am this morning! My wife and eight year old son were supposed to leave for Katmandu from Vancouver this afternoon at 1pm. I'm very thankful they hadn't left a day or two earlier. My heart goes out to everyone there who's helping, mourning, and trying to keep on living.
K
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 25, 2015 - 09:39pm PT
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Scrubber, That's what I call karma!
I'm impressed that the Nepalese government got helicopters to Everest Base Camp in the midst of so many other needs. Experienced Everest guide Willie Benegas was flown to Camp 1 with ice climbing equipment to aid people in finding a route back down the Khumbu icefall.
The doctor from Madison Mountaineering was one of those killed. Her name was Marisa Eve Girawong, from Britain.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 26, 2015 - 04:20am PT
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hey there say, p-owed.. thanks for sharing the update ...
lynne... am with you in hoping for the miracles...
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 26, 2015 - 05:11am PT
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hey there say, cragman... one of the climber guys on facebook, said, they are wondering about a climber-friend named chris...
though, he was in the khumbu area...
can they ask around?
will go look up his last name...
chris norwood...
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Apr 26, 2015 - 05:51am PT
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My heart goes out to anyone affected by this tragedy.
I lived through a deadly 6.3 magnitude quake (only 6 kilometers deep) in Christchurch, NZ in February 2011. It killed 185 people. That was the worst day of my life.
I offer up my prayers for these people, for what it's worth. They need to find strength and hope from somewhere, in order to carry on with their shattered lives.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Apr 26, 2015 - 07:11am PT
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I believe but won't swear to it that the majority of people at basecamp are Nepalese nationals.
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Apr 26, 2015 - 09:35am PT
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I pray for all the victims of this disaster, especially the locals and others who may not get aid soon enough.
After recently reading Into Thin Air, I can't imagine what anyone on that mountain is suffering, especially those above base camp.
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splitclimber
climber
Sonoma County
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Apr 26, 2015 - 10:45am PT
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Alpenglow expeditions blog says that everyone in their team is safe, however there have been several deaths on the south side. I think they only have a team on the north side.
I'm trying to confirm if they have a team on the south side. I have a friend there now but not positive what side he is on and I'm pretty sure he is with alpenglow.
Condolences to all affected by the earthquake and avalanche.
Edit: Friend is safe.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Apr 26, 2015 - 01:30pm PT
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Just received word that a very old friend of mine, Tom Taplin, was one of those killed at Everest BC.
He was there making a film documentary about the history of Everest BC.
This is inconceivable. This friend that I've known for 25+ years, who shared so much love of the mountains and adventure...is gone.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 26, 2015 - 03:26pm PT
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Reports are starting to come in from the rural areas as the Nepalese army has been doing fly overs. Whole villages have disappeared in giant landslides and the Trisuli River is blocked by landslides in several places which means flooding later on if they can't make breaches in the blocks soon. Langtang National Park and the villages in it have been flattened, including many of the trees.
Reports from Khumbu say that Namche, Tengboche, and Thame all have severe damage and their inhabitants are sleeping out in the open under tents due to continuous after shocks.
No word yet from the Mustang region which was much closer to the epicenter.
So far the names of the Sherpas who were killed at Everest Base Camp have not been released and only a few of the westerners. Melissa Arnot who founded the Juniper fund to help families of Sherpas killed in the mountains will include these Sherpas as well.
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BloggerQueen61
Social climber
Valley Village
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Apr 26, 2015 - 05:07pm PT
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I am simply crushed by this earthquake. I had been planning for many weeks to try and get myself ready to climb Mt. Everest and I was going to contact Fred Ziel, whose younger brother I dated 13 years ago, but now, why bother, it's a mess up there, I'm a novice, looking for advice in a bad time. Why before I want to do something worthwhile, something like this happens. I know I didn't cause it, but it blocks me, makes me feel so sad, maybe in the next 1 year things will calm down. Prayers out to the ones up there that passed, they were doing what they loved. It's all we can do on this dangerous Earth. I've been around.
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BloggerQueen61
Social climber
Valley Village
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Apr 26, 2015 - 05:09pm PT
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I'm sure you'all have seen the scary footage of the German climber who survived but his friend could barely catch his breath. It's just such a shock, if there is anything I can do, set up a GOFUND account, help with getting the word out, anything, just ASK me! Prayers going out.
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BloggerQueen61
Social climber
Valley Village
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Apr 26, 2015 - 05:11pm PT
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One more thing: I AM SO glad Fred Ziel was not on the mountain this time, I know and respect that he's faced her head on at least twice in his life. I would one day like to attempt it myself, but with experienced climbers like Fred Ziel. And I've climbed a few smaller mountains in Montana, North Carolina, and even Maine! Thanks for this forum. Leslie Siegel aka Blogger Queen!
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Apr 26, 2015 - 05:15pm PT
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Seva Foundation has been providing eye care services to rural Nepal since 1978. They support a large number of doctors and clinics year around.
https://secure2.convio.net/seva/site/Donation2?idb=0&df_id=4800&4800.donation=form1
Al Jazeera is reporting at least 2500 known dead. Many parts of the country can't be reached except by helicopter.
17 dead at Everest base camp. More than 60 injured. Helicopter evacuations to Pheriche are ongoing. And Pheriche is a helluva long way from the outside world in this chaos.
At EBC Google exec Dan Fredinburg is dead as is Madison Mountaineering doctor Marisa Eve Girawong. Also Tom Taplin from Evergreen, Colorado.
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Mexico City, D.F.
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Apr 26, 2015 - 07:39pm PT
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^ Bloggerqueen I'm sure you can find some way to help that will be more meaningful to you (and heroic) than climbing a mountain. I'd say just go there and dig people out, but you want to be careful not to become part of the problem, and I doubt they are issuing tourist visas. I have a friend who traveled to Pakistan in 2010 and took the most incredible photos of refugees of the flood. When foreign doctors started traveling to Africa to treat Ebola patients, my faith in the medical profession was somewhat restored. I tried to do something like this in Afghanistan in 2003, although the ideas I'd had all turned out to be too difficult. It depends what your skills are, but if you dedicated the time you'd spend planning an expedition to thinking of ways to help, I'm sure you'd come up with something. Maybe Jan has contacts there with some ideas.
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