Background 2014 Mount Everest ice avalanche

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guide employment on mount everest

a mount everest guide typically earns us$125/day per climb. come climbing families, raised on stories of wealth climbs, relatively few other economic opportunities. between 350 , 450 guides, of them sherpas, work each year s climbing season. guide can earn $5,000 year, compared nepal s average annual salary of $700.


in years prior disaster, foreigners began bringing own guides, causing tension locals. 8 people, including 1 of experienced sherpa guides, died on mount everest in 2013.


concerns on khumbu icefall route

khumbu glacier + khumbu icefall + mount everest



the presence of numerous unstable blocks of ice (called seracs) in , above khumbu icefall encourages climbers try pass through possible, in morning before temperatures rise , loosen ice. in spring of 2012 russell brice, of guiding company himex, called off guided ascents run company due safety concerns. worried stability of 300 metres (980 ft) wide ice cliff, or ice bulge, on mount everest s western shoulder endanger route through khumbu icefall, if collapsed. when see around 50 people moving underneath cliff @ 1 time, commented, scares me. however, brice , himex returned south side of everest 2014 climbing season. mountaineer alan arnette reported ice bulge had been known hazard years , had discharged ice khumbu icefall every season. added that, in 2012 narrowly missed many climbers. according writer , mountaineer jon krakauer, 2014 ice avalanche triggered when block of ice size of beverly hills mansion broke off bulge.


conditions change regularly glacier s shifting ice, climbing guides must find , maintain new route through icefall each season.








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