In 2014, 16 Sherpa guide / porters were killed in an ice avalanche on Mount Everest, inciting the entire Sherpa guide community to refuse to undertake any more ascents for the remainder of the year, making any further expeditions impossible.
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After the ice avalanche kills 16 Sherpas, the focus shifts to the differing perspectives and understandings of the various groups in the following days . The Sherpas stage a protest meeting and most do not want to climb-some out of respect for the dead and others in order to push for better working conditions.
