ʻO kahi 30 makahiki Gelje Sherpa mai Solukhumbu i hoʻopakele i kekahi kanaka mauna Malaysian i pae ʻia ma kahi kokoke i ka "Death Zone" o mauna Everest. Ua hoʻopakele ʻo Gelje Sherpa, i kapa ʻia ʻo "Ravi" i waena o ka hui, i ka mauna Malaysian kokoke i ka Pole Hema. Manaʻo ʻia ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopakele i kekahi mai kēia wahi ma ka mauna Everest. Ua ʻōlelo nā luna o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi i ka hoʻopakele ʻana iā Gelje Sherpa ma ke ʻano he "hana mana."
ʻO Gelje Sherpa, he kamaʻāina o ka papa helu 10 ma Solu Dudhkunda Municipality, alakaʻi i ka hui huakaʻi. He kanaka kaulana ʻo Gelje, i kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo "Killer Mountain," ma muli o kāna mau hana kupaianaha i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā piko paʻakikī. I ka makahiki i hala, ʻo Gelje kekahi ʻāpana o ka hui Nepali he 10 mau lālā, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Nirmal Purja, nāna i hoʻopau i ka piʻi hoʻoilo mua o K2, ka lua o ka mauna kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua, a lilo ʻo ia i mea mua e hui lima a honi i ka piko ma ke ʻano he hoʻomaikaʻi i ka mea mauna hope loa.
I Mei o ka makahiki i hala, ua alakaʻi ʻo Gelje i kahi kanaka mauna Kina i ka piko o ka mauna ʻo Everest. Ua hoʻopakele hoʻokahi ʻo ia i kahi kanaka mauna Malaysian i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma kahi o 8,300 mau mika ma ka ʻĀina Make.
"Ua ʻike au i kahi kanaka i pae wale ʻia ma ke ala, e haʻalulu ana ʻo ia i ke anuanu a haʻalulu i ka makaʻu. ʻAʻohe mea ʻē aʻe i ʻike i kona hele ʻana," Gelje Sherpa kaʻana like me ka nūhou pūnaewele. Ua hoʻomau ʻo ia, "Ua hoʻokokoke pono wau iā ia. Ua lawe au iā ia a hiki i Camp IV, e hoʻopaʻa iā ia me kahi moena moe ʻeleʻele, nakinaki iā ia i ke kaula, a hoʻopaʻa i ke kaula ma kona kua, e like me ka pēpē ma koʻu kua, aia kekahi mau hoa ma ke kahua hoʻomoana."
Wahi a Gelje, he kama'āina Malaysian ka mea piʻi stranded. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "Ravi" e nā lālā o ka hui. Ma hope o ka holomua ʻana i ka mauna ʻo Everest, i ka wā e hoʻi mai ana ʻo Gelje, ua hālāwai ʻo ia me ka mea hiki ʻole ke piʻi ʻia ma muli o ka luhi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gelje, "Ua kāpae wau i koʻu piʻi ʻana no ka mea ʻo ka hoʻopakele ʻana iā ia kaʻu mea nui. Hiki ke loaʻa ke kālā ma hope."
Ua hoʻolaha ʻia kahi wikiō o Gelje Sherpa e lawe ana i ka mea piʻi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma kona kua. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka mea mauna Malaysian mai Camp III e ka helikopter a lawe ʻia i Kathmandu no ka mālama ʻana.
ʻO ka maʻamau, haʻalele nā alakaʻi ma ka mauna Everest i kā lākou hui a nānā i ka pono o kā lākou hui. Akā naʻe, haʻalele ʻo Gelje Sherpa i ka hui Kina āna e piʻi pū ai a hoʻopakele i kahi lālā mai kahi hui ʻē aʻe.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gelje ʻaʻole ʻae ka hui Kina i ka hoʻopakele ʻana i ka mea piʻi Malaysian ma hope o kona komo ʻana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "Ua maopopo iaʻu he pono iaʻu ke hele no ka hoʻopakele ʻana ʻoiai ʻaʻole na ka Pake.
I ka wā o ka hoʻopakele ʻana, ua kōkua ʻo Nimatas Sherpa iā Gelje.
Wahi a Gelje, ʻaʻole maikaʻi ke kūlana o ke kamaʻāina Malaysia i ka wā i loaʻa ai iā ia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "He palupalu, haʻalulu, a haʻalulu. Ma hope mai, haʻi mai kona mau hoa iaʻu ua hoʻopakele lākou iā ia ma ka helikopter a lawe iā ia i Kathmandu." I kekahi mau lā ma hope mai, ua loaʻa iā Gelje kahi leka ma kāna kelepona paʻalima e ʻōlelo ana, "Mahalo no kou hoʻopakele ʻana iaʻu."
ʻO ka ʻōlelo mai ke kamaʻāina Malaysia ponoʻī. Ua hōʻike ʻo Gelje i kona hauʻoli i ka lohe ʻana ua palekana ka mea piʻi, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, "Ua hauʻoli wau i koʻu ʻike ʻana ua ola ʻo ia.
I kēlā manawa, ua ʻike ʻo Gelje i kahi manaʻo hohonu o ka pono. Ma ke ʻano he mea hahai i ka manaʻo Buddhist, ua hōʻike ʻo Gelje i ka hauʻoli i kahi nūhou pūnaewele, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, "He ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke alakaʻi ʻana i kahi ola e pōmaikaʻi ai i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka hana ʻana i nā hana hoʻomana i loko o nā luakini a i ʻole monasteries."
He hoopakele kupanaha maoli keia.
Wahi a nā luna o ka ʻāpana Mountaineering Section o ka ʻOihana Hoʻokele, aneane hiki ʻole ke hoʻopakele i kekahi mai luna mai o "Camp 2".
"He mea liʻiliʻi ka hoʻopakele ʻana i kekahi mai luna o Camp 2. Hiki ke manaʻo ʻia he hana mana kēia," wahi a Koirla. "Ua hele ʻo Galjel i kahi pilikia nui, kāhāhā mākou."
Wahi a Koirla, ua hoʻopakele ʻia ʻo Galjel mai South Col. Wahi a ia; Aia ʻo South Col ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 7,900 mika ma ka ʻāina ʻo Everest. ʻO ka wahi ma luna ona, i kapa ʻia ʻo South Summit Balcony, ʻoi aku ma mua o 8,400 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. ʻOi aku ka pōʻino o kēia wahi. Nui nā poʻe piʻi i nalowale i ko lākou ola ma kēia māhele.
Wahi a Koirla, he luna o ka ʻāpana Mountaineering Section o ka Oihana Hoʻokamakama, i kēia kau wale nō, he 12 mau mea make i ka wā o ka huakaʻi ʻo Mount Everest, a ʻelima mau kānaka i nalowale. ʻO ka nui o ka poʻe piʻi i hiki i ka piko o Everest ma kahi o 600.