Comments on: Earthquake Update http://www.mountain.org/blog/2011/09/earthquake-update/ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:45:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: anant http://www.mountain.org/blog/2011/09/earthquake-update/#comment-69 anant Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:57:54 +0000 http://www.mountain.org/blog/?p=190#comment-69 my son has gone for the ebc trek. on 19 he was at Phadking saying things are ok. he and his friends left for namche bazar on 20th. are trekkers still going up to the camp. pl reply

]]> By: Saad Jung http://www.mountain.org/blog/2011/09/earthquake-update/#comment-54 Saad Jung Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:17:45 +0000 http://www.mountain.org/blog/?p=190#comment-54 hey daniel
we are not mountain climbers. . just middle aged friends trekking up to kala pathar.

Please do let me know about this bridge that has come down between Lukla and Namche. Where is the enw route from? Is it a killer? :(

Warm regards and many thanks
Saad

]]> By: gooserockdesign http://www.mountain.org/blog/2011/09/earthquake-update/#comment-53 gooserockdesign Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:46:28 +0000 http://www.mountain.org/blog/?p=190#comment-53 Dear Saad,
There is some infrastructure damaged – a major bridge went out between Lukla and Namche Bazaar – but you can get around it by adding another 4-5 hours to your trek. The main problem with an earthquake this size, though, is that it destabilizes. Avalanche fields, crevasses, hanging glaciers – all could be much less stable. I wouldn’t think twice about trekking in the khumbu itself, but I wouldn’t climb a major mountain (such as Everest, Makalu, Mera, or Island Peak) for at least a month or two, in order to give things time to settle. That said, we met a group of brothers going up Everest next week, despite the quake – it’s a risk no matter when you do it.
- Daniel

]]> By: Saad Jung http://www.mountain.org/blog/2011/09/earthquake-update/#comment-51 Saad Jung Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:07:40 +0000 http://www.mountain.org/blog/?p=190#comment-51 you may write to me on saadjung@gmail.com
:)

]]> By: Saad Jung http://www.mountain.org/blog/2011/09/earthquake-update/#comment-50 Saad Jung Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:06:36 +0000 http://www.mountain.org/blog/?p=190#comment-50 Hi we are booked on the EBC trek on 1st October 2011. Can someone please advise me if conditions are conducive to go ahead with this trek? Or have systems collapsed? Will be more than obliged to hear from you. Saad
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]]> By: Ashesh http://www.mountain.org/blog/2011/09/earthquake-update/#comment-49 Ashesh Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:35:45 +0000 http://www.mountain.org/blog/?p=190#comment-49 Actually the epicenter was not in Sikkim, India. The epicenter was in Taplejung, Nepal.
So, Please correct it.

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