KATHMANDU, Nepal - ʻOi aku ma mua o 140 mau mākaʻikaʻi honua i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Tenzing-Hillary, Lukla, ka mokulele hoʻokahi no Everest māhele ma Nepal, no nā lā ʻeono.
Ua pae ʻia lākou ma laila ma muli o ke ʻano ʻino. ʻO ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi mai Kina, ʻEnelani, New Zealand, Australia a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe i paʻa i Lukla. Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana me Xinhua, ʻōlelo ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi Kina a me ka ʻoihana ʻo Liu Jianxin ʻaʻole i hōʻoia ka mokulele i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai nā mokulele.
“He ʻino loa ke ʻano o ka wā. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia mākou ma ʻaneʻi mai nā lā ʻeono i hala aku nei a ʻaʻohe mea hōʻoia i ka wā e hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻi i ka lele i Kathmandu, "wahi a Liu.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Liu e noho ana ma Khumbu resort ma muli o ke anuanu, paʻakikī loa ke kūlana.
ʻO ke kahua mokulele ʻo Tenzing-Hillary i kapa ʻia ʻo Lukla airport, kahi mokulele liʻiliʻi ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Lukla, Sagarmatha zone, hikina Nepal.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ke kahua mokulele ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea pōʻino loa o ka honua ma muli o kona ʻāina e hoʻopuni ana, ka ea lahilahi, ka loli nui o ka wā a me ke ala pōkole o ka mokulele.
He ʻumikūmāhā mau kānaka i make i kahi pōʻino i ʻAukake 2010 i ka pae ʻole ʻana o ka mokulele ma ke kahua mokulele.
I ka nīnau ʻia ʻana e pili ana i ka hana hoʻopakele no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, ua ʻōlelo nā luna ʻaʻole i hiki mai kahi noi maʻamau.
Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana me Xinhua, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Nepal Army Spokesperson General Ramindra Chhetri, "I ka hiki ʻana mai o kahi noi maʻamau a e alakaʻi ʻia mākou ma o ka Ministry of Defense ma o Ministry of Tourism, e hoʻomaka mākou i ka hoʻopakele."
"Ke paʻakikī nei ke ʻano o ka wā, akā e hoʻāʻo mākou i ka mea maikaʻi loa ke loaʻa iā mākou kahi noi," wahi āna.
