Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko nga Amerikana i runga i te Maunga Everest i te wa i patua ai e te ngaru whakamate, i whakaahua i te wa i pa ai te taiepa hukarere me te huka ki to ratou puni me te parekura i karapoti ia ratou i muri mai. Tekau mā whitu ngā kaieke maunga, tae atu ki ngā Amerikana e toru, me te tokomaha o ngā sherpa i mate i te pānga o te ruu i mate ai te 2,500 tāngata puta noa i te Himalayas. I ora ētahi tāngata, engari kei te mauheretia tonu ētahi atu i runga i te maunga e tatari ana kia whakaorangia. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko Jon Reiter, he kaikirimana no Kenwood, California, e ngana ana ki tana eke tuatoru ki te tihi i te wa i pa ai te ngaru. I whakaahuatia e ia te āhua o tana tiaki i te hunga whara ahakoa i kī mai nga tākuta he iti noa iho te tūponotanga ka ora rātou. Ko Scott Holder, he kaitohutohu pūtea no Santa Rosa, California, me Jon Reiter, he kaikirimana no Kenwood tata i Sonoma County, i mau ki roto i te hukarere whakamate. Ko Reiter, e toru ana ngā whakamātau ki te hui, i waea atu ki tana wahine a Susan mā te waea ā-papa, e ai ki te pūrongo a The Press Democrat. I whakaahuatia e ia me pēhea i hoatu ai ki a ia he rongoā hei hoatu ki te hunga whara, engari ka mea atu tētahi tākuta ki a ia: 'Kaua e manukanuka, kei te whakamarie noa koe i ēnei tāngata. Ko te nuinga o ratou e kore e ora.' I tana korero i te 'ra tino uaua' i te Rahoroi, i tapiritia e ia i roto i te uiui me CNN i akina ia ki te zip i tetahi tinana mate ki roto i te putea moe. Kātahi ka whakairihia e ia i runga i tana rangitaki te mea i tupu. 'I mea ia i wiri te whenua mō te wā roa rawa, ā, i puta tonu ngā rerenga hukarere i runga i te maunga,'i tuhituhi ia. 'I kōrero noa mātou mō te meneti, ā, ka whakaea e ia te waea nā te mea kei te āwhina ia rāua ko tana hoa piki maunga, ko Moises, i te mahi whakaora. Kāore a Jon rāua ko Moises i whakaakona ki te mahi hauora engari kei te mahi rātau hei kaiāwhina hauora nā te mea he maha ngā tāngata i whara. 'I mea ia kua pakaru te nuinga o te puni turanga. Ko ngā teneti katoa o te rōpū IMG (International Mountain Guides) e whakamahia ana hei whare hauora ā-wāhanga mō te hunga whara. I kōrero hoki a Jon ki CNN i te Rātapu, e mea ana: 'Kei te tino waimarie mātou i tēnei rā.' I taea e Holder te mawhiti i te parekura...
I taua wā e ngana ana a Jon Reiter ki tana eke tuatahi ki te tihi. I ora i te ngaru, engari i āwhina ki te tohatoha rongoā ki te hunga whara. I taea e ia te whakapā atu ki tana wahine, ki a Susan mā te waea amiorangi i muri iho. E toru nga Amerikana i runga i te maunga i taua wa i mate. I roto rāua i ngā kaieke maunga 18 me ngā Sherpa maha i mate.