Posted on 04/26/2015 3:34:52 PM PDT by jimbo123
At least 22 climbers have died and 217 others were missing near the base camp of Mt Everest where hundreds of climbers, including many foreigners, are stranded after an avalanche triggered by Nepal's massive earthquake swept down the world's highest peak.
More than 60 climbers were injured and many foreign adventurers, hikers and guides at the base camp were feared missing when the avalanche swept down the Everest and buried under snow a section of the mountaineering camp yesterday.
While 17 people were killed at the base camp, five more casualties were reported on Sunday from areas below the base camp, home ministry officials said.
"Tents have been blown away," Gelu Sherpa, who was at the camp when disaster struck, said, adding, "There is a lot of confusion on the mountain and the toll will rise."
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofindia.indiatimes.com ...
I’t be a miracle if the avalance didn’t bring down a mess of trash with it. At least to an elevation where it’s easier to collect.
Climbers are now required by law to bring down with them an X amount of trash back with them so that eventually it’d be cleaned up.
That is true. Thank you for the correction. But he was in the the furnace with Daniel and the believers.
There is a real cool Scripture I don’t remember off the top of my head about “Behind the curtain in the darkness, God was there.” That is truly comforting in the Spiritual warfare that lays ahead for we are interesting times.
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They should shut it down already and only allow scientists to go up MT. Everest for relevant research.
Daniel and his companions testified that God was able to save them if He willed ... BUT IF NOT, they would still worship Him. They foreshadowed Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, "If it be Your will, let this cup pass me by; nevertheless, not my will but Yours be done."
God will be with all these people and their families and friends, too, if they look for Him.
This is the peak time for Everest. Most teams attempt the summit between May 8-12. There is about a month of preclimbinb and acclimating on the mountain prior to the summit attempt.
Here’s a good article on the ‘poop’ problem on Everest ... I knew there was a trash problem, but had no idea it was this much of a mess.
http://www.outsideonline.com/1965696/peak-poop-feces-problem-everest-needs-solution
It used to bother me.....all of the poop on Everest. Then I thought, it’s frozen, so what difference does it make?
Actually the solar radiation can make it quite warm at times on various approach routes to the Everest summit. So it’s not all frozen all the time.
The God of the Bible is sovereign over nature, including earthquakes, strong winds, and fires. God commands every detail in reference to weather, whether it be good or bad (Psalm 135:5-7; 147:7-8; 16-18; 148:5-8; Job 37:3-13). He controls the sea, land, heavens, etc. There are no random acts of chance in nature. According to Isaiah 45:5-7, God creates evil (calamities). God claims responsibility, for nothing happens apart from His eternal purpose and decree. All nature is at the disposal of its Creator. The Lord has His way in nature according to Nehemiah 1:3-8 and nothing happens apart from the direct hand of God, whether productive or destructive (Amos 3:6; 4:7-9). Every plague in Egypt was a judgment from God and so is every seal, trumpet, and vial upon man, beast, sea and heavens in the book of the Revelation. This means that every tragedy or calamity is by purpose (hurricane, tsunamis, volcanoes, earth quakes, hail, lightening, disease, war, disaster, flood, famine, fire, etc.).
In his book, “Is God Really in Control?”, Jerry Bridges recounts deadly tornadoes in Mississippi. Here is an excerpt with his commentary that may be helpful when considering God’s power over nature and providence in our lives.
From the chapter “God’s Power Over Nature,” Brother Jerry writes:
One night while working on this chapter, I watched the evening news on television. One of the top stories was about several powerful tornadoes that swept across central Mississippi killing seven people, injuring at least 145 more, and leaving nearly 500 families homeless. As I watched the scenes of people sifting through the rubble of what had been their homes, my heart went out to them. I thought to myself, “Some of those people undoubtedly follow Christ. What would I say to them about God’s sovereignty over nature? Do I really believe it myself at a time such as this? Wouldn’t it be easier to just accept Rabbi Kushner’s statement that it is simply an act of nature-a morally blind nature that churns along following its own laws? Why bring God into chaos and suffering such as this?”
But God brings Himself into these events. He said in Isaiah 45:7, “I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the Lord, do all these things.” God Himself accepts the responsibility, so to speak, of disasters. He does more than accept the responsibility; He actually claims it. In effect, God says, “I, and I alone, have the power and authority to bring about both prosperity and disaster, both weal and woe, both good and bad.”
This is a difficult truth to accept as you watch people sift through the rubble of their homes or-more to the point-if you are the one sifting through the rubble of your home. . . . We obviously do not understand why God creates disaster, or why He brings it to one town and not to another. We recognize, too, that just as God sends His sun and rain on both the righteous and the unrighteous, so He also sends the tornado, or the hurricane, or the earthquake on both. . . . God’s sovereignty over nature does not mean that Christians never encounter the tragedies of natural disasters. Experience and observation clearly teach otherwise.
God’s sovereignty over nature does mean that, whatever we experience at the hand of the weather or forces of nature, all circumstances are under the watchful eye and sovereign control of our God.
– Jerry Bridges, Is God Really in Control: Trusting God in a World of Hurt (Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 2006), 59-60.
Disgusting.
I’d be more concerned about the hundreds of dead bodies that are still up there.
Depends on which spot.
Coincidently, a week ago, I finished watching a Discovery Channel 8-hour DVD I checked out at the library entitled 'Everest: Beyond the Limit - Season 2.' It was filmed with HD cameras led by Brice Russell. It goes into prep, logistics, acclimation, and issues facing climbers.
Yes, that’s why some of the dead bodies are nearly perfectly preserved and others severely eroded. Sun/shade, wind exposure, etc.
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That’s called the nanny state.
Sh!t all over Mt. Everest isn't a pretty sight.
#6 and the dead people.
And don’t eat the yellow snow.
I guess cleaning the litter up outweighs the 22 deaths.....
If litter is where it cannot be seen by a specific person, how bothered should that person be over that litter?
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