7 Summits 8000ers Adventure Films Adventure Travel Africa Alaska Alaska Alpine style Ama Dablam Amazon Andes Annapurna Annapurna Antarctic Antarctic Archaeology Arctic Arctic Aviation Ballooning BASE jump and Paragliding Big Wall climbing Breaking News Broad Peak Buyers Guides Canoeing & Kayaking Caving Cho Oyu Climate change Climbing COVID-19 Denali Desert Dhaulagiri Dhaulagiri Elbrus Endurance Environment Everest Expeditions Exploration mysteries Explorers First ascents Flying Gasherbrum Gear Geography High altitude skiing Himalaya Hindu Kush History Ice Climbing Indigenous cultures K2 Kangchenjunga Karakorum Kilimanjaro Lhotse Long-distance hiking Long-distance Trekking Makalu Manaslu Manaslu Marathon Medical Misc Sports Mountain Mountaineering Nanga Parbat Natural History Nepal Nuptse Ocean Rowing Oceanography Oceans Patagonia Photos Polar Exploration Polar Research Poles Reviews Rivers Rowing/canoeing Science Sherpa Siberia Skiing Solo South Pole Space Sponsored Content Survival Swimming Tropics Uncategorized Unclimbed Volcanos Weather Wildlife Winter 8000ers Winter Himalaya

Climbers' Nepal Efforts: Second Quake Update

Posted: May 13, 2015 02:48 pm EDT

(Newsdesk) Following the two earthquakes 47 mi ENE of Kathmandu yesterday Team Don Bowie's base in Pokhara reported "all team members are safe.”

 

Ben, Jess and Cody were on their way down from Barpak while Don was on his way back to World Food Program in the Gorkha District, reporting a 6.3 aftershock 52 mi East of Kathmandu. "Subsequent aftershocks so far of 5.6, 5.4, 5.4, 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2," reported the website.

 

The team did two videos from the area, check them out here.

 

Ang Tshering Sherpa of Asian Trekking (Chairman of Climate Alliance of Himalayan Communities) sent out an email reporting a 7.2 magnitude earthquake with epicentre in the direction of the Everest region 12 May 2015 at 12.52 p.m. Tshering Sherpa reports vast damage in the Solukhumbu region and while sat phone contact was made fast with some parts, efforts to contact others in Khumbu have failed due to difficulties in communication lines.

 

Still in Namche Bazar, Johan Ernst Nilson posted on facebook that the village is OK but people are chocked. Adrian Hayes is headed to the remote settlements between Langtang and Gorkha.

 

New Zealand mountain guide Mal Haskins has been living in Nepal since October last year, leading expeditions and flying a helicopter. After the devastating first quake, he and his wife Sophie got together with Edmund Hillary's granddaughter, Amelia, to help deliver aid to mountain villages. Listen here to an interview a "super-tired" Mal did today with Radio New Zealand about what he experience and do in Nepal, the monsoon rains that started falling, and the difficutlies they have to get aid released from warehouses in Kathmandu.

 

Their Facebook page is NepalEQ2015. On May 11th they reported about their support team at Timbu, "The team is all good and things are reaching the aid station smoothly where it's recorded / packaged and then shipped out every 2 days to the surrounding villages - being carried by the locals." 

 

Today, after yesterday's quake, the Haskins team reported, "The road below Timbu is now open. Our next truck load of building material is on its way. Steel shipments were delayed today but will continue tomorrow. Meetings this afternoon with other organisations to try to ensure continuity of medical aid station in Timbu. Besides continued building materials, medical aid is a necessity."

 

Previous

 

Climbers' Quake Efforts: Call for Rolwaling and latest from Hayes (updated)

 

Annapurna to Barpak: Don Bowie climbing team reports from remote Nepal

 

Explorersweb interview with Adrian Hayes

 

Climbing community assists villages - updated

 

6SummitsChallenge/Mission14 to Discontinue Everest, Lhotse, Makalu Attempts

 

Video: Avalanche hits Everest; and don't forget the villages

 

Good Work from CTMA, Nepalese Officials Eager to Pronounce “Everest is Open”

 

Climbing Season Spring 2015: It's Almost Over

 

Everest: List of Avalanche Victims

 

Another Everest Video: Tribute to the Fallen

 

Other 8000ers: Chinese authority suspended climbing, Decisions on Nepal Mountains

  

First Everest Avalanche Video Shows Monster Cloud Hitting Camps

 

Nepal/Everest quake, end of day 2: Aftershocks, Namche evacuated, weather worsening

 

Pakistan Deployed Four Military Aircrafts for Nepal Relief, Alpine Club Letter of Support

  

Mount Everest Update: Rescue Flights Resume

 

Nepal Earthquake: Everest Base Camp Avalanche

 

Quake update: Everest, Annapurna, Makalu, Cho Oyu, Dhaula, Shisha

 

Nepal Earthquake Updates: Mountains Tremble

 

 

#Mountaineering

#Everest

#K2

#Himalaya

#Medical

#World

#everestearthquake

#nepalearthquake

#nepalreliefwork

 

Video "Boots on the ground"
courtesy http://www.donbowie.com/boots-on-the-ground/, SOURCE
Victor Sanders: "On 12 May I was privileged to help Craig Heliski deliver just under 5 tons of food to villages in the Manaslu and Tsum Valley which had been destroyed by the earthquake and subsequently cut-off by landslides. "
courtesy Victor Sanders (Facebook), SOURCE
Screenshot from the video: Boots on the ground
courtesy Don Bowie, Ben Erdmann, Jess Roskelley, Alex Barber, Nepali Interpreter, Nuri., SOURCE
Location of yesterday's 7.3 quake.
courtesy GoogleMaps, SOURCE
David Morton reporting from Nepal: "Little Mingma pulls her weight peeling potatoes for the evening meal under the tarps."
courtesy David Morton Facebook, SOURCE
Mal Haskins and team: "We've had a very busy last few days up at Timbu Aid station. Rescues, storms, aid distribution and planning."
courtesy Nepal Earthquake - Helambu, Solu Khumbu Relief Fund , SOURCE
Mal Haskins and team, May 11: "Today's load, including 50 tarps for a village called E-chowk."
courtesy Nepal Earthquake - Helambu, Solu Khumbu Relief Fund (Mal Haskins and team), SOURCE
×