Comment by arjie
10 hours ago
150 confirmed with 47 Americans? Surprising fraction. Mountaineers or that area is popular for some reason?
10 hours ago
150 confirmed with 47 Americans? Surprising fraction. Mountaineers or that area is popular for some reason?
it's a popular area for tourists and mountaineers, but also i think it's a lot easier to estimate missing/dead tourists since most of them will be there with tours/companies that have to keep track of exactly where they are.
Syabru Besi is downriver of the border and the starting point for the Langtang valley trek which is probably the third most popular trekking location in Nepal (behind Everest basecamp and Annapurna circuit). I think the tourist data they have is from tourists that are traveling with guides but from my experience many tourists also bypass the official requirements and trek solo so the number could be much higher if the Langtang is affected.
Likely the tourists are better accounted for than the locals. Numbers are likely much higher :(
This.
You could probably count 100+ people in the death zone of the border crossing video alone. The final death toll will be terrible, with most never found.
i understand it as 150 dead, with more people missing, of which 47 are americans.
Zero chance the actual death count is sub-1000
I feel like I've easily seen more than that get swept away in videos.
Way too early to get an accurate count
Nepal is popular for Westerners I think. Maybe for religious reasons?
Mountaineering.
For indians, you also have the religious aspect because the immigration center you go to to visit Mt Kailash is there.
That immigration building was the white one that got completely shredded in the popular video going around.