Kendra Brea Cooper
A massive 7.8 earthquake hit Nepal on Saturday, April 25, 2015. What followed was an avalanche on Mount Everest that slammed down the mountain leaving 22 dead and an unknown number still missing. The mountaineers came from all over the world to climb the famous mountain. Here is a list of those we know to have passed away.
"As a physician's assistant working in a Level 1 Emergency Room, with a focus on trauma and wilderness medicine."
"Marisa Eve Girawong, an extensive world traveler who had been learning about wilderness medicine in the Everest region since last year, had returned to the mountain that captivated her."
“I can’t think of anything that makes me as happy or peaceful as being out here,” she wrote under an exquisite portrait of the mountain, which was posted on her Facebook page on April 5.-Washington Post
"Google executive Dan Fredinburg was pursuing his latest environmental passion - and a challenge from the late author Jack Kerouac - when he lost his life in an earthquake on Mount Everest. Actress Sophia Bush took to Instagram on Sunday to remember Fredinburg, her friend and ex-boyfriend."- Boston Globe.
Mingma Nuru Sherpa - Shangri-La Nepal Treks
Ang Tshiri Sherpa - Shangri-La Nepal Treks
Nima Sherpa - Shangri-La Nepal Treks
Dorji Sherpa - Shangri-La Nepal Treks
Phurba Ongyal Sherpa - Himalayan Guides Nepal Treks
Lakpa Tenjing Sherpa - Himalayan Guides Nepal Treks
Chhiring Ongchu Sherpa - Himalayan Guides Nepal Treks
Dorjee Khatri - Himalayan Guides Nepal Treks
Then Dorjee Sherpa – Himalayan Guides Nepal Treks
Phur Temba Sherpa – Himalayan Guides Nepal Treks
Pasang Karma Sherpa - Summit Nepal Trekking
Asman Tamang - Himalayan Ecstasy Treks - See more at: http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Tragedy+on+Everest%3A+Avalanche+claims+12+lives&NewsID=412199#sthash.q55IcYod.dpuf
"Three Americans - A Denver-born filmmaker, a Seattle-based camp doctor and a Google engineer - are among the 17 people killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest on Saturday as a result of the Nepal earthquake. Here is a look at who they were."
"Tom Taplin, 61, was making a documentary about the Mount Everest base camp when the avalanche hit.
When his wife Cory Freyer — at home in Santa Monica, California — heard that a massive earthquake had struck Nepal, she immediately sent her husband a text message asking if he was all right. There was no response. When a call came in from Taplin's guide, the guide began with "I'm so sorry"-NBC NEWS
"Michelle Fennessy had been following her old friend's dream trip from afar. On Thursday, Vinh Truong shared a video from his journey in Nepal -- images of cows, punctuated with his comments about how loud and dusty the surroundings were. He was setting out for the Mount Everest base camp, he told friends on Facebook." -Chicago Tribune
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