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Sherpa community mourns for those killed in Everest's avalanche

2014-04-21 192 Dailymotion

Heartache and sorrow fill the air in Nepal where families mourn the deaths of Sherpas who were killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest.<br/> <br />As monks and sherpas play traditional music, honoring the at least 13 who were killed, people march with banners bearing the faces of those killed or missing.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) ALPINE ASCENT NEPAL TEAM MEMBER VERN TEJAS, SAYING:<br/> <br />"I believe that this is going to have a great effect on the families. They've lost their breadwinners, they've lost their their husbands, their fathers, their sons and it is going to have a very serious effect in the community as well as the family. Great loss for everyone."<br/> <br />The avalanche swept the Khumbu Icefall on Friday.<br/> <br />It is the deadliest accident ever on Mount Everest.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) ALPINE ASCENT NEPAL TEAM MEMBER VERN TEJAS, SAYING:<br/> <br />"It's a huge accident. It's a terrible thing to start the season with. I think it's going to impact climbing for the years to come in the

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