After a deadly avalanche on Everest last year, sherpas in Nepal reconsider returning to the mountain
An aerial view of the April avalanche on Mt. Everest. (DigitalGlobe / Getty Images)
Two-time Everest summiteer Galden Sherpa, 28, has no plans to return to the mountain after last year’s avalanche. (Rajneesh Bhandari / For The Times)
Menuka Gurung holds a portrait of her husband, Ash Bahadur Gurung, who was working on Mt. Everest on the day of the avalanche last year. His body was never found. (Rajneesh Bhandari / For The Times)
Ang Pashi Sherpa lost her husband in the April avalanche. His body was never found. (Rajneesh Bhandari / For The Times)
The family of Tenzing Chottar Sherpa, who disappeared in the April avalanche and is presumed dead: mother Lhakpa Chhamjee Sherpa, left; wife Ang Pashi Sherpa; son Tshering Sherpa; and brother Phurba Sherpa. (Rajneesh Bhandari / For The Times)
Sherpas work to dig out the injured after the April avalanche on Everest. (Robert Kay / AFP/Getty Images)