Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Vanhu vokuAmerica vakanga vari paGomo reEverest parakarohwa neshongwe inouraya vakarondedzera nguva iyo rusvingo rwesinou nechando rwakarova musasa wavo uye kuuraya kwakavapoteredza pashure pacho. Vanokwira makomo vanenge 17, kubatanidza vaAmerica vatatu, uye vaSherpa vakawanda vakafa somugumisiro wokudengenyeka kwenyika uko kwakauraya vanhu 2.500 muHimalaya yose. Vamwe vanhu vakakwanisa kupukunyuka, asi vamwe vachiri kuvharirwa mugomo vachimirira kununurwa. Dzorera pasi kuti uone vhidhiyo. Jon Reiter, muvaki anobva kuKenwood, California, akanga achiedza kukwira kwake kwechitatu kumusangano wacho apo dutu racho rakaitika. Akatsanangura kutarisira kwaaiita vanhu vakanga vakuvara kunyange zvazvo vanachiremba vakanga vamuudza kuti mikana yokuti vapone yaiva mishoma. Scott Holder, chipangamazano wezvemari anobva kuSanta Rosa, California, naJon Reiter, mugadziri anobva kuKenwood iri pedyo muSonoma County, vakabatwa nemvura yakatsvotsvoma. Reiter, uyo akanga achiita kuedza kwake kwechitatu kumusangano wacho, akadana mudzimai wake Susan norunhare rwomuseve, The Press Democrat yakashuma kudaro. Akarondedzera kuti akapiwa sei mushonga wokupa vakakuvadzwa, asi mumwe chiremba akamuudza kuti: 'Usanetseka, uri kungonyaradza vanhu ava. Vazhinji vavo havasi kuzopukunyuka.' Achitaura kuti akanga ane 'zuva rakaoma zvikuru' musi woMugovera, akawedzera mukati mokubvunzurudzwa neCNN kuti akamanikidzirwa kuisa chitunha muhomwe yokurara. Akabva anyora zvainge zvaitika pablog rake. 'Akati pasi rakadengenyeka kwenguva refu zvikuru uye kuti mafashamo emvura akanga achiitika rimwe pashure perimwe pagomo,' iye akanyora kudaro. 'Takangotaura kweminiti bedzi uye akaisa runhare pasi nemhaka yokuti iye nomukwanyina wake wokukwira Moises vari kubetsera nenhamburiko dzokuponesa. Jon naMoises havana kurovedzwa mune zvokurapa asi vari kuita savanachiremba nokuti vanhu vakawanda kwazvo vakakuvadzwa. 'Akati zvakawanda zvomumusasa mukuru zvakakanganiswa. Matende ose eboka reIMG (International Mountain Guides) ari kushandiswa senzvimbo dzokurapa dzechinguvana nokuda kwavakakuvadzwa.' Jon akataurawo neCNN musi weSvondo, achiti: 'Tiri kunzwa tine rombo rakanaka nhasi.' Holder akakwanisa kunzvenga kuuraya...
Jon Reiter akanga achiedza kukwira kwake kwokutanga kumusangano panguva iyoyo. Akapona pakaitika dutu asi akabva abatsira kugovera mishonga kune vakanga vakuvara. Akakwanisa kutaura nomudzimai wake Susan norunhare rwesatellite pashure pacho. VaAmerica vatatu vakanga vari mugomo panguva iyoyo vakaurayiwa. Vakanga vari pakati pevafambi vomumakomo 18 navaSherpa vakawanda vakafa.