A push for climbing reform after Sherpa deaths on Everest

This article is republished with permission from GlacierHub. This post was written by Ben Orlove and anthropologist Pasang Yangjee Sherpa of Penn State. A funeral procession in Kathmandu for one of the Sherpas killed in an April, 2014 avalanche on Mount Everest. Photo credit: Nepal Mountaineering Association A major workshop late last month represents a significant change in the debates about climbing expeditions on Mount Everest, with significance across the Himalayas and beyond.