‘Luxury adventurers’ blamed for angering Sherpas, causing giant Everest brawl at 24,000 feet
Sherpas who attacked three European climbers on Everest were angry at the disrespect shown by “luxury adventurers” who demand tea in their tent on the world’s highest peak, a British member of the group has claimed.
Jonathan Griffith, a British Alpine climber and photographer based in Chamonix, France, was one of three European mountaineers attacked on Saturday by up to 100 Sherpa guides who kicked and pelted them with rocks following a fight at 24,000 feet over right of way.
The Sherpas claimed that the three mountaineers had ignored their request not to climb over their ropes until they had finished fixing the route for guided expedition groups. (Jonathan Griffith / AFP Photo)
What a bunch of dicks.
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