4/27/15 8:55 AM

Can't imagine what the people in and around Nepal must have experienced and what they're going through right now. Having experienced first hand the 1989 7.1 shaker that hit San Francisco, I was amazed when I heard the initial reports that the ground was shaking for minutes in Nepal.

One of my London-based colleagues was preparing to climb Everest. Here's a link to an article about her escape: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/nepal/11565053/Mount-Everest-disaster-British-woman-Selina-Dicker-who-outran-avalanche.html

If you get a chance - click on the video link. Scary stuff.

4/27/15 12:06 PM

My sister did a trek on the Annapurna circuit last year (150 miles of walking in 2 1/2 weeks, including a 17,700' pass), and spent a week in Kathmandu. She loved the city. It looks as if it is really devastated.

4/27/15 7:37 PM

A friend of mine was just in Kathmandu two weeks ago, with his fiancée. Timing is everything . . .