Saturday, January 26, 2019

GETTING GREEDY IN NEPAL "Everest Fraud Leads Insurers to Threaten a Boycott "


" Nepali government found evidence that some guides went as far as intentionally making hikers ill by spiking their food with large amounts of baking soda, which can cause vomiting, diarrhea and other ailments, and then calling for an emergency helicopter evacuation.
These evacuations can cost as much as $40,000 each, depending on how many trekkers..."

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/world/asia/nepal-everest-insurers-fraud.html?partner=rss&emc=rss