Comments on: Bonington: The pioneers have gone elsewhere https://blogs.dw.com/adventuresports/interview-bonington-everest/ Mountaineering, climbing, expeditions, adventures Fri, 01 Feb 2019 14:19:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: wmueller https://blogs.dw.com/adventuresports/interview-bonington-everest/#comment-63 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:54:47 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/adventuresports/?p=21597#comment-63 @a davies All reports of eye-witnesses said that there was no ice knocked down from the western climbers, but a sherpa rushing down on top of the western climbers. Having some words for someone and trying to kill someone is not on the same level.

The comment of Mr. Bonington hit a big part of the reason. There are many climbers who couldn’t climb without the fixed ropes, but they do not pay anyting to the sherpas. Sherpas are underpaid in relation to the costs and danger of an expedition. That is a neglected problem since a long time.

]]> By: d davies https://blogs.dw.com/adventuresports/interview-bonington-everest/#comment-61 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:28:00 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/adventuresports/?p=21597#comment-61 I have great respect for Mr. Bonington but like all who feel the need to comment on situations they weren’t part of my guess is he is off base to some degree in the observations about the recent conflict between westerners and the Sherpa. Most conflicts have mutual mistakes and I imagine, back in the day,if there were climbers ignoring his pleas and knocking blocks of ice down onto him Sir Chris may have had some words for them in base camp.

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