[BwanaNdege]

Of course, 400+ people tromping up & down the mountain would not have anything to do with the avalanches, would it?

[TurboZamboni]

damn sherpas should have built an ADA compliant escalator.

[longfellowsmuse]

Actually per information from those at the scene and in western climbing circles this was not a “snow avalanche” it was the crashing of a giant ice serac that crashed into the icefall which is a glacier that makes up the beginning of the southern climbing route of everest. Where the serac was located is actually not on the climbing route it is on the mountain’s west shoulder. Again not a snow avalanche.

[MarMema]

That was my thought too.