1. By: Jack Doubek and Jake Schlicht

2. In this current event the Sherpa attacked a few
mountain climbers trying to climb Mt. Everest in
Nepal, Asia.

3. Why did the Sherpa attack the mountain
climbers?

4. The Sherpas are a small ethnic group that share
many cultural, racial, and linguistic features
with Tibetans, who live to their immediate
north. About 3,000 Sherpas reside in the
drainage areas immediately below Everest; a
population of 20,000 or more live in villages to
the south.

5. There were three mountain climbers. Simone
Moro, Ueli Steck and Jonathan Griffin were
attacked on the mountain. The climbers say
that they were attacked by an angry group of
Sherpas, who were climbing up with them.

6. The climbers say that an argument broke out after
some Sherpas accused a climber of knocking
some loose ice down, and hitting another
Sherpa below. When the climbers returned to
one of their camps, about 100 Sherpas grouped
up and attacked them. Not only did they
punch and kick, but they threw many rocks.

7. The fight happened at about 23,000 feet up the
mountain.

8. The fight happened on April 30, 2013 at around 8
a.m. on a Saturday.

9. The Sherpa attacked the mountain climbers on the
mountains because of an argument over ice
falling and hitting a Sherpa. The Sherpa get
mad easy and they attacked the climbers.

11. "Climbers Say Sherpas Attacked, Stoned Them
during Trek up Mount Everest ." NY Daily
News. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 May 2013.
Shrestha, Manesh, Journalist Manesh Shrestha
Reported from Kathmandu, and Nepal.
Catherine E. Shoichet Wrote the Story in
Atlanta. Dorrine Mendoza. "A Fight at 23,000
Feet? Climbers Accuse Sherpas of Mount
Everest Attack." CNN. Cable News Network,
01 Jan. 1970. Web. 07 May 2013.