Mike Moniz

Willie went straight to the clinic up there to do triage and first aid work, and I kind of went around and helped (carry) people, we all kind of came together as one team and really worked together and saved a lot of lives.

After the avalanche, I kinda took a step back and (realized) 'Wow, we are simply just guests in these mountains,' you really have no control.

I had a plane ticket back to Colorado and a plane ticket back to Kathmandu, and my dad was like, 'Matt, you have a choice' -- (and) I chose Nepal.

It was kind of good because in Colorado the avalanche happened at around midnight so ... they didn't hear about it until they woke up.

That person was on verge of breaking down and ... at that moment, I was thinking, 'Oh no. It could be incredibly bad news about Matt,'.