KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) _ Having just finished breakfast, a
team of mountaineers in Nepal were robbed by Maoist rebels
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stolen and then wrote out receipts.
This account of the April 5 incident was given by climber
Raymond Coughron, an energy management consultant from
Berkeley, California, on the Web site Everest News on
Friday.
It was the first reported case in which mountaineers have
been robbed by the rebels _ who draw their inspiration from
Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Tse-tung _ since they
began their violent campaign in 1996.
Coughron was quoted as saying that, initially, the
guerrillas demanded 5,000 rupees (dlrs 64) plus cameras,
binoculars and altimeters. However, after some discussion
they settled for 10,000 rupees (dlrs 128) per member, but
none of their gear.
The report said climbers from two other mountaineering
teams were also robbed and forced to hand over the same
amount of cash by the rebels.
After our expedition paid and were given a receipt for
money received, the Maoists went to the Swiss expedition
and repeated the exercise. The Spanish expedition were
approached the night before, Coughron said.
He said the guerrillas were armed with grenades and an
automatic rifle.
It was clear that these five Maoists were not alone. In
the surrounding forests many hundreds of their comrades
could be seen, Coughron added.
The incident happened while the team was on its way to a
base camp on Mount Makalu, the world's fifth-tallest peak
at 8,463 meters (27,760 feet).

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