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DISASTERS: EARTHQUAKES :
COUNTRIES: NEPAL:
Nepal Earthquake: We've Lost Everything, Say Sherpas
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Nepal Earthquake: We've Lost Everything, Say Sherpas
World
Agence France-Presse
Updated: May 10, 2015 11:15 IST
May 10, 2015 11:15 IST
NDTV
http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/
nepal-earthquake-weve-lost-everything-say-sherpas-761880
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Kathmandu: Mount Everest record holder Apa Sherpa ran for his life when a
huge earthquake hit Nepal, and now fears for the future after the disaster
cut short the climbing season for the second year in a row.
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"Everyone here is scared and depressed, we have lost everything," the
climber told AFP by telephone from Thame, deep in the Everest region, one
of the villages that is home to the Sherpa ethnic group.
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The tight-knit community of around 50 families has produced some of the
world's greatest mountaineers, including Sherpa, who is something of a
celebrity having reached the top of Everest a record 21 times.
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Sherpas, thought to be of Tibetan origin, have a long and proud history of
mountaineering, and the term today is used for all Nepalese high-altitude
porters and guides assisting climbing expeditions.
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On April 25, Sherpa was trekking to Thame, where he was born, when the
world appeared to crumble before his eyes, as rocks raced down hillsides
and buildings turned to rubble.
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The 55-year-old US-based climber ran for his life the moment the
7.9-magnitude quake struck, racing to get off a suspension bridge swaying
wildly as tremors rippled through the Himalayas.
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When Sherpa finally arrived in Thame, in eastern Solukhumbu district, two
days later, what he found was a nylon wasteland, with everyone living
under tarpaulin sheets or tents.
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The quake and a powerful aftershock had destroyed the village.
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The job attracts little respect and offers virtually no opportunities for
income growth, exploiting poor teenagers desperate for work with very
little chance of breaking into the better paid mountaineering business.
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At only 18 years old, Rajkumar Rai is already a veteran of the Everest
region's trekking trails, working in teahouses from the age of nine before
starting to carry tourists' baggage two years ago.
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Orphaned at the age of five, the teenager carries everything he owns on
his back, and said he struggled to get by on a daily wage of just $10.
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'Hunger, disease and suffering'
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"Out of 1,000 rupees I earn in a day, I have to spend 600-700 rupees on
food alone," Rai told AFP in the Himalayan town of Namche, a popular stop
for climbers and trekkers travelling to Everest Base Camp.
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"It's difficult to save anything at all, no matter how many loads I
carry," he said.
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