The actual state of business called "Sherpa" that continues to climb Everest even if numerous casualties appear.

ByAnton Jankovoy

Due to the avalanche accident that occurred in 2014, 16 people in Everest in NepalSherpaA tragedy happened that the highland specialty guide called "guide" died. It is dangerous Everest climb and shelpa, which is always dangerous with "death", but many people continue to challenge Everest as before, even after the avalanche accident. Where exactly is the reason for it?

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In order to climb a high mountain including Everest, special measures different from ordinary mountaineering are required. As atmospheric pressure is low and oxygen is low, ordinary people can not demonstrate adequate performance, so get used to such situationsHighland adaptationWe will conduct special training called "training" to increase red blood cells in the blood and deliver the necessary oxygen into the body. Nevertheless, when it reaches the level exceeding 8000 meters, the human body can no longer adapt itself and gradually approaches death just by being in that placeDeath ZoneBecause it is called, you need to come back to a safe base camp with a summit attack at once in as short a time as possible.

Sherpa is a local staff member who supports such a mountain of Everest and can not succeed in climbing without experienced support. What the original "Sherpa" means is one of the ethnic minorities living in the highlands of Nepal, among which only those with higher experience and abundant knowledge are allowed to perform the operation of Sarirapa I will. Many suppliers around the world support Everest climbing including Sherpa arrangements, based in the UKJagged GlobeHas become one of the providers that provide such services.

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It is said that the difficulty level is getting lower as the climbing of Everest, which once had given out a very large number of dead people with difficulties due to the support of the support staff and the development of technology. David Hamilton, who is representative of Jagged Globe, also reveals that hurdles have come down at a certain level, "I do not want to use this word very easily, but the climb of Everest is getting easier than before." I will.

The budget necessary to arrange the coordinator is about 12,000 pounds (about 2 million yen) as a local contractor in Nepal, and it is as high as 43,000 pounds in the case of Western operators like Jagged Globe 7.5 million yen), and it is said that over 70,000 pounds (about 12 million yen) is over when it comes to forming a professional team, People who dream of Everest climb will no longer explore It is said that there are a lot of cases where mountain lovers serving in ordinary enterprises save money and enter the mountains, not just houses and adventure guys.

Even though difficulty has declined, it is still the difference that Everest is literally the world's highest mountain. The accident such as distress and collapse does not seem to cut off later, the large avalanche accident in 2014 which total of 16 Sherpas were sacrificed has become the biggest tragedy in recent years, and it is still extremely aiming to climb There is no doubt that it is a dangerous adventure.

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However, the point to pay attention to here is the fact that all 16 victims involved in this accident were local shelters. "Employer" who pays money and climbs the mountain attacks, local people Sherpa travels dozens of times on base camp and highland camp to transport necessary supplies such as oxygen and food, The possibility of getting caught up in an accident in itself will be high.

Hamilton says that experience and knowledge has been accumulated since many support attacks have been carried out since support services by professional vendors began in the 1990's. Hamilton said he himself has also succeeded in climbing seven times so far, "The top-class operators have established equations for success in climbing, improved the accuracy of climate prediction and the level of equipments It is said that the possibility of a person with an average physical strength to succeed in climbing is unprecedented because of the improvement of the oxygen supply system, etc. However, despite that, many manpower There is no change in the situation that is needed. "

And the people of Sherpa of the locals are thrown in as 'manpower'. Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world, and the situation is that the government is not functioning sufficiently. Meanwhile, the reason Sherpa climbs the mountain in 1921George MalloryInvestigation by one line of climbing It has not changed since climbing was done, "It is for money".

Climbers aiming for climbing Mount Everest have different purposes. People aim for the mountaintop for reasons such as "challenge", "adventure", "dream", but for Sherpa it is "work", and in Sepulpa's work is high income in Nepal which is poor and it is difficult to obtain job opportunities One of the few ways to get it. In the case of Sherpa employed by European and US operators, it is possible to earn as much as 5000 pounds (about 900,000 yen), which is ten times the average annual income of Nepal, in just the two months of the season.

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Mr. Pasang Karma Sherpa who was then 34 years old was one of such Sherpas. Mr. Pasang Karma was a sherpa belonging to Jagged Globe, but was involved in an avalanche accident in 2014, left the world leaving his wife and three children. At Jagged Globe, staff members gathered around the spring in the spring, and financial assistance for his wife Kandi Sherpa and children. Simon Lowe, senior executive at Jagged Globe says, "I tell Kandi Sherpa that Jagged Globe helps children's education costs, where education is very important in Nepal." Carole Cadwalladr of the author interviewed Kandi Sherpa and was touched by the word Kandi Sherpa tearfully told himself, "My husband was very anxious about children's education" I say that. Kandi Sherpa received aid from Jagged Globe and compensation from the government, but it is not yet confirmed because it takes more than a day by car and on foot to Kathmandu with a bank.


Mr. Cadwalladr interviewed a party prepared for climbing at the base camp heading for Everest the day after the interview. Each of the five members are separated from their backgrounds and living quarters, and those who came to Everest for paying a fee of 30,500 pounds (about 7 million yen) each. The reason why we decided to challenge was "for adventure" and "There are mountains there, because I am such a type of person"Cystic fibrosisAs a man who suffered from Everest challenges Mie, she has kept a variety of speculations for each person, including "to let the world know about sickness". And one of the people who challenged Everest, Google which can also call "the highest peak of the Internet world" in a sense. Google brings a street view camera to Everest,Efforts to fit the mountains of the world to Google Street ViewIs proceeding.

About this situation, NPOs involved in community development in Nepalese local "DZi foundation"Everest is a human" temple of desire. "People put their thoughts and dreams on Everest, where the individualism and capitalist society in which we live is projected People are fascinated by Everest, "the biggest one." Everest is "Google" in the mountain world, "he says, while the mountains are a source of people's desires I am counting objections.

ByMun Mun

For poor Nepal, it is no exaggeration to say that mountaineering including Everest is one of the important industries. However, since the occurrence of a large avalanche accident, in Nepal there was a call for thick protection against Sherpa, especially strikes occurred mainly in Sherpa who was affiliated to local operators and received low treatment , There was a circumstance that the riot that the Nepalese government shut down the mountain occurred. Thereafter, although there was a certain concession by the government, it seems that protection against dangerous work will not go away from now.

Shelpa in Nepal highlights the situation of literally "climbing up the mountain" literally the various speculations of people coming from abroad to protect their lives. And, thanks to the money that Sherpa earned, children are able to attend good schools. And such children say that by increasing opportunities to contact various things and work in the wider world, there is a situation where a situation is inevitably born that Sherpa does not want to do dangerous work.