Energy and Environment

Sherpas struggle with climbing season in disarray

By BiNaj Gurubacharya
Published April 25, 2014 11:41am ET
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Sherpas struggle with climbing season in disarray
This April 24, 2014 photo released by Adrian Ballinger, founder and head guide of Alpenglow Expeditions, shows a meeting between Nepalese government delegation and Sherpa mountain guides near Everest base camp, Nepal. Nepal's attempts to salvage the Mount Everest climbing season took another hit Friday as more Sherpa mountain guides packed and left the base camp for their village homes a week after the deadliest disaster on the world's highest mountain. (AP Photo/Alpenglow Expeditions, Adrian Ballinger) | Adrian Ballinger

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — With Mount Everest’s climbing season in disarray, the Sherpa guides who decided to abandon the mountain this year after a deadly avalanche said Friday that they would struggle to make ends meet.

Last week’s avalanche was the deadliest ever recorded on Everest, killing 16 of the guides and exposing long-simmering resentment by Sherpas who say they face disproportionate risks ushering foreign tourists up the highest mountain in the world.

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