Is this a record too: A fight at 23,000 feet? Climbers accuse Sherpas of Mount Everest attack Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN) -- Most people expect to fight frigid temperatures and fierce winds as they climb Mount Everest. But a group of three climbers say they faced unexpected adversaries over the weekend while scaling the storied peak: Sherpa guides. Nepalese authorities say they're investigating reports that a fight broke out on Saturday between the guides and the climbers, nearly 23,000 feet (7,000 meters) up the world's tallest mountain. "If the Sherpas hit the foreign climbers, action will definitely be taken against them," said Dipendra Poudel, a mountaineering official in Kathmandu. The fight started after three professional climbers from Italy, the United Kingdom and Switzerland told the Sherpas they wanted to climb on their own, according to Nima Nuru Sherpa of Cho-Oyu Trekking, the agency that is managing their climb. "Our clients said the Sherpas manhandled them," he said. ....................... ........................... http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/29/... (source : CNN)

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