When seasoned climber, Mariusz Malkowski began his journey to promote the Z-Wave Alliance of home automation manufacturers on Mount Everest in February, he never imagined the trip would end via a helicopter. Nor did he imagine he would be a survivor of a horrendous 7.8-magnitude earthquake, which hit the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal on April 25, killing more than 7,000 people and injuring more than 10,000.
He had been on the mountain for about three weeks when the avalanche hit.