NEPAL-EVEREST-MOUNTAINEERING-AVALANCHE-ANNIVERSARY

TO GO WITH NEPAL-EVEREST-MOUNTAINEERING-AVALANCHE-ANNIVERSARY, ADVANCER BY AMMU KANNAMPILLY Climbers Sam Chappatte (C) and his girlfriend Alexandra Schneider (R) wait as porters organise the bags of gear they will be taking to Everest Base Camp before beginning their trek there from the Nepalese town of Lukla on April 15, 2015, were they will get ready to attempt to summit Mount Everest. In the Himalayan town of Lukla, excitement mingles with fear as mountaineers make their way up to Everest a year after an avalanche killed 16 guides and triggered an unprecedented shut-down of the world's highest peak. Some are returning after being forced to abandon their attempt on the summit in 2014 during the chaos and recriminations that followed the deadliest disaster ever to hit Everest. "It was just terrible to see so many killed," said British mountaineer Sam Chappatte, who walked into base camp hours after the avalanche hit the treacherous Khumbu Icefall last year. AFP PHOTO/Roberto SCHMIDT (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)