New Zealand guide backs sherpas' decision to abandon climbing season on Everest

By Megan Levy
Updated April 23 2014 - 4:54pm, first published 4:00pm
Relatives of mountaineers killed in the avalanche cry during the funeral ceremony in Kathmandu on Monday. Picture: AP
Relatives of mountaineers killed in the avalanche cry during the funeral ceremony in Kathmandu on Monday. Picture: AP

A veteran New Zealand hiking guide has welcomed the decision by Nepalese sherpas to abandon this year’s climbing season on Mount Everest after a massive avalanche killed at least 13 of their colleagues last week.

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