2015年珠穆朗瑪峰雪崩

2015年珠穆朗瑪峰雪崩事故發生在2015年4月25日,是矩震級8.1級尼泊爾地震的次生災害,地震波造成珠穆朗瑪峰山體晃動引發致命雪崩,造成至少19人喪生,超過了一年多前的事故,成為了最致命的雪崩災難。

雪崩

地震發生時有數百人在珠穆朗瑪峰[1]。地震引發數次大雪崩,波及鄰近山區。普莫里峰附近出現的一次雪崩[2],橫掃昆布冰瀑,席捲珠峰大本營[3][4][5][6]。一名印度陸軍登山隊員從大本營南面尋獲19具遺體,救出至少61人被困登山者[7][8][9]

珠峰位於震央以東220公里處,有700人至1000多人被認為當時在山上,至少61人受傷,「數十人」失蹤,更多人起初被困在高海拔的營地里,迷失了安全降落路線的方向。少數未被事故嚇倒的登山者,力求尼泊爾政府允許他們重新攀登[4][5][10][11][12][13]

搜救

印度空軍直升機4月26日上午抵達珠穆朗瑪峰展開救援行動[14],將22名重傷者送往裴麗切村(Pheriche),但行動因天氣惡劣而被叫停[15]。裴麗切是登山者的重要中轉站,外國志願者和當地人在當地設置了一所簡陋的醫院。

當天晚些時候,一架直升機據稱從珠峰一號大本營撤出數名登山者,大本營上方的第一階梯仍有100人無法安全降至一號和二號營地[16]。更多人於4月27日獲救[17]。處在大本營的登山者在災難發生幾天後發佈Twitter稱留下來的人「悲涼得偉大」,「高度尚未確定」。災區看上去好像被核彈擊中。一名登山者透過Facebook表示,被困於高處的人們「越來越絕望」[18]。4月27日有60人從一號營地救出,170人從二號營地救出[19]

4月25日發現17具屍體,4月27日又發現一具。4月26日,61名重傷者中的一名在KMC醫院去世[19]

死者

Google員工丹·佛瑞爾迪博格Dan Fredinburg)與公司另外三名員工攀登珠峰,為Google地球類項目測繪時遭遇雪崩身亡[20][21][22]

4月28日尼泊爾登山協會公佈19名死者名單,其中10名為尼泊爾夏爾巴人,5名外國登山者,有4人身份尚未確認[23]。5名外國登山者中有2名美國人,1名中國人,1名澳大利亞人,1名日本人[24]

影響

昆布冰瀑階梯在事故中損壞[25],而申請再次攀登的登山者於2015年4月29日獲准[26]。「梯子將在未來兩到三天內修復,攀登會繼續下去,任何人都沒有理由去放棄他們的遠征,」尼泊爾旅遊部負責任圖爾西·高塔姆表示:「儘管沒有預測另一場地震的科學依據......但我們認為地面適合攀登,儘管餘震不夠穩定。」[26]

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