a result of the quake. already underway throughout nepal to help the people who survived saturday s deadly earthquake. this is the co-founder of mountain madness, it s a u.s. trekking guide service. she was in the region, the everest region along with 26 nepal staff members when that quake hit. she talked to me about the feelings and the needs of the people in that area. listen. have been really upset and trying to reach family and gradually over the first day or so, most of them were able to make contact with their families and make sure their families were safe. but their homes have been destroyed, collapsed, caved in. both in the villages here and the ones further down. i think most people have some kind of temporary shelter, but they re out in fields in tarps