Tourism officials planned to visit the Mount Everest base camp Thursday to try to salvage the expedition season even as Sherpas and tour operators, shaken by last week’s avalanche deaths, began packing up and heading home.
By NIDA NAJAR and BHADRA SHARMA, NY Times: Sports
Wed, 04/23/2014 - 6:15pm
Tourism officials planned to visit the Mount Everest base camp Thursday to try to salvage the expedition season even as Sherpas and tour operators, shaken by last week’s avalanche deaths, began packing up and heading home.