181. Mount Everest Horror: The Khumbu Icefall Avalanche

On April 18th, 2014, a 14,000-tonne block of ice broke free above the Khumbu Icefall and killed sixteen Sherpa guides. It was the deadliest single disaster in Mount Everest's history. What followed wasn't just a rescue. It was a reckoning: a fight over $400 funeral payments, a historic strike, and the first time in ninety years that the world's most famous mountain went silent.

TW: Mass death, descriptions of fatal injuries 

For more information on the 2013 Sherpa and Climber conflict, check out Kyle Hates Hiking’s video:

The EXACT Moment 100 Everest Sherpas Finally SNAPPED (caught on camera)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNpyaGlnjO4 

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