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The new guidelines are applicable to all types of foreign visitors trekking through Nepal's national parks, including the well-known Annapurna Circuit.
damaged buildings and those cracked buildings could come tumbling down, so people wanted to get out of buildings and into open spaces. this time however, the epicenter was nowhere near kathmandu. it was in the high mountains, in the himalayas, not far from a town called namche bazaar namche bazaar is one of many stone sherpa villages in the valley, and, jose it will be well known to people who have gone trekking in nepal, hiking or those who have attempted to climb mt. everest. we're in the region now, where this earthquake took place, a very high elevation, namche bazaar around 10,000 feet. there are no roads whatsoever in this area. it is not a heavily populated place. there are a series of these small sherpa villages where people mostly live from the trekking industry. they sell supplies to backpackers backpackers, they provide lodgings, and it is a stop on the way to everest base camp.
that's leaving hundreds of trekkers injured and stranded. nepal's army is doing what it can to help. our reporter -- >> reporter: at the helipad survivors wait for rescue. a harrowing journey just to get here. >> i don't think i want to go back to the mountains for the next couple years or so. >> thattraumatized. >> yes, that intense. they have been trekking in nepal. when the earthquake and avalanche devastated the region. the army found them taking shelter in the only standing building in the region. >> you see entire villages, you saw the previous day, and covered in snow. how fast everything went. you know this entire place is a graveyard. >> reporter: the leg was crushed. the neighbor had to carry her down. it took her more than a day. nine months pregnant. she has lost everything. she had to walk for hours. she is due any moment.
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