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High-Altitude Brawl on Everest 4-May-2013 At 11:54:14 AM silver_13

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The bottom line is, at Camp 2, there were up to 100 (between 35 and 100 accordingly to different accounts) who were trying to kill 3 climbers. Thanks to actions of a few brave people, this did not happen. When I started mountaineering many years ago, I could not imagine alpinism may turn into this. Somewhere down in valleys - yes, but not above 6000m. Yes, money is at fault. Greed, wage disparity, too many commercial expeditions, arrogant Westerners, arrogant Sherpas. But money or no money, it should not come to climbers running away from fellow climbers through icefalls fearing for their lives. If Everest is a sacred mountain to the locals then close it. If Nepali government (not commercial expeditions!) set up rules on Everest then let everyone know what these rules are.

Another interview with Moro

http://www.explorersweb.com/everest_k2/news.php?id=21451

Simone Moro:
I honestly love Mount Everest and the Sherpas even though the mountain is packed with people and a few (westerners as well as Sherpas) believe they are the king of the hill.
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I just want to add that Garrett Madison's report is completely false. He wrote: "...At one point Simone stated over open radio frequency (fixing frequency-tuned in by all the fixing teams and anyone listening on the mountain) that if the Sherpa had a problem he could come down to Camp 2 soon and 'f---ing fight'."

This is completely, completely, completely false! I never did such a stupid and provocative radio call, and I have witnesses to confirm it. The report is falsifying facts to justify the tension and the violence in Camp 2. I can understand that he has to defend his business, but lying is not the way to do it.