Even on a normal day, the best roads in Nepal will leave you breathless.
Even on a normal day, the best roads in Nepal will leave you breathless.
Update on Sergeant Linville:
“...Friends of Boise veteran Charlie Linville tell KTVB that the climber is safe. They say Linville is currently at the base camp on the Tibet side of the mountain range, though there have been some aftershocks and slides in that area, as well...”
http://www.ktvb.com/story/news/local/2015/04/25/everest-climb-nepal-quake/26375765/
Prayers up Sgt!
In the 1957 Mexican earthquake, the immediate damage was relatively minor in Mexico City, under 200 killed, mostly in an apartment which collapsed due to faulty construction with inferior materials. Big scandal that one since the Mexican entertainer Cantinflas was somehow involved. Also the gold statue to victory fell off its column. Discovered most of the gold was on the surface, didn’t know who had stolen the rest. Some major skyscrapers had cracks up the side and would need to be torn down. The Social Security building across from where I lived had cracked in 3 places, but was otherwise restorable. The crack lines were planned for just such an event and they served their purpose well.
A few years later I took a minibus from El Salvador to Nicaragua. The road was adequate, but we stopped for breakfast in a tiny village. The stop had open vertical pole sides and corrugated tin sheets on top. The cooking area was a raised stone or brick platform with a flat sheet of metal on top. There were 12 of us on the bus, the cook had 5 eggs. I had been sick the day before. The other passengers kindly agreed I should have 2 eggs. Travel can be so educational. It is going to be a real challenge to evacuate 300,000 tourists. Fortunately, at least some of them will have had some third world experience. Some may even stay to help. Even in this country one should have at least a 3 day supply of water and food for emergencies. After 9/11 I make it a point to have a week of water and 3 months of food, plus bleach or iodine for sterilizing water without boiling it.