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High-Altitude Brawl on Everest 9-May-2013 At 2:23:17 PM mallion

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Interesting comments here;
"Jon Griffith, the British climber who was one of the trio who came under attack, spoke of the frustration many Sherpas feel about how they are treated on Everest, but Tashi Sherpa is not convinced. "People talk about 10 or 20 years of frustration. I don't think there's any frustration. If anything, Sherpas are a lot better treated now then they were 10 years ago. We have a voice. Along with development and education, we have a clearer understanding. It's no longer that idea of the simple native."

"Sherpas are also gradually taking control of how the mountain is managed. This was the immediate cause of the friction last week. Sherpas may now have the technical skills to become guides, but mountaineering is still for them a commercial activity whose ethics are largely meaningless.

Professionals like the Swiss Ueli Steck and the Italian Simone Moro, whose use of the word "motherf@*ker" in Nepali started the spat, have no need for fixed ropes or Sherpa support. That must seem an annoyance, even a threat, when you're hard at work earning a living."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/05/sherpa-resentment-fuelled-everest-brawl