“Everest: Climbers Steck and Moro in fight with Sherpas”
The BBC ran a story today with the headline “Climbers and guides fight on Everest”. Read about it here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22336540
I will save my commentary on this until there is more known about the events, but looking at the cause, I think I can see where both parties could be coming from. Though of course having things turn violent is never good, especially on an already dangerous mountain.
I will add this comment, if I was to get in a fight in Camp 3, from my end it would be the sissiest fight in the world and I would get my butt kicked. 🙂
I guess this puts a damper into Ueli Steck’s attempt to para-glide all over the Himalaya, as per this video: