The mountain killed highly experienced alpinists as well as local porters and guides.

We started with seven local porters, very simple men, and one English speaking guide.

Buy food in the villages, hire local porters and guides, and pay them well.

The expeditions also contributed cash to local economies when they bought supplies, rented buildings, and hired local porters.

Local porters, vital to the expedition's success, cross one of the dozens of suspension bridges in the jungle.

Local porters have been approaching the Choktoi glacier for visual inspection until a weather window opens for a helicopter recovery.